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Amnesty calls on Scottish birthday support for imprisoned Chinese man ahead of Edinburgh Festival

Chinese activist’s case to be highlighted at ‘Stand Up For Freedom’ comedy nights Amnesty International is asking people in Scotland to send a birthday message of support for an imprisoned man in...

Arms: BBC's findings reinforce Amnesty's concerns over China's violation of Darfur arms embargo

Amnesty International revealed in 2007 that arms were still being transferred to Darfur in spite of UN embargo The revelation in tonight’s (14 July) BBC’s current affairs programme Panorama that China...

South Korea: Investigation uncovers police brutality against beef protesters

Amnesty calls for charges to be brought against authorities The South Korean police used excessive force against peaceful protesters demonstrating against the government’s trade policies earlier this...

Reaction to Foreign Affairs Committee report on UK government and torture

Reacting to the publication today of a new report by the Foreign Affairs Committee on the UK government’s foreign policy, Amnesty International UK head of policy Jeremy Croft singled out the committee...

Concern at funding threat facing Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights's anti-violence groups

Ealing Council’s decision to withdraw funding from a specialist black and ethnic minority Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights’s organisation could have serious and long-lasting...

Venezuela; new law for Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights 'useless unless fully implemented', said Amnesty in new report

In a new report published today, Amnesty International urged the Venezuelan authorities to show political resolve and to secure the resources needed to ensure the new law to prevent violence against...

Italy: A long-awaited verdict

Amnesty International welcomes the fact that the Italian magistrates have held individuals accountable for the brutalities that occurred in the Bolzaneto detention facility in Genoa, Italy. "This is a...

Guantanamo video: Omar Khadr should be repatriated to Canada

Reacting to today’s release of a video publicly showing Canadian citizen Omar Khadr being questioned at the US detention centre in Guantánamo Bay, Amnesty International called for Khadr to be...

Amnesty's biggest-ever Edinburgh Festival line-up announced

Edinburgh : Amnesty International has announced its line-up for this year’s Edinburgh Festival - the human rights campaigners’ biggest and widest-ranging programme from the Festival’s main “cause”...

Sudan-International Criminal Court: An important step

Amnesty International said that today’s announcement by the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is an important step towards ensuring accountability for human rights violations in...