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Ashtiani stoning case: Fears grow for lawyer and son

Amnesty International today called on the Iranian authorities to immediately release the lawyer and son of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, an Iranian woman who is at risk of execution by stoning, if they...

Singapore convicts the UK author of death penalty book

Singapore’s conviction of the author Alan Shadrake, for contempt of court will further stifle freedom of expression and legitimate criticism of the Singaporean judiciary, Amnesty International said...

Iraq: Sunday's Church killings a 'war crime'

Amnesty International has condemned as a war crime Sunday’s attack on a Catholic church in Baghdad by an armed group, in which about 100 worshippers were taken hostage and more than 40 then killed as...

Media Briefing: Yemen

A summary of key Amnesty International human rights concerns on Yemen: Unfair trials and prisoners of conscience In recent years hundreds of people in Yemen have been jailed after unfair trials. Those...

Major new art project about Mexico's abused Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights premieres in London

A new project by visual artist Tamsyn Challenger featuring nearly 200 exceptional artists including Tracey Emin, Paula Rego, Swoon, Maggi Hambling and Humphrey Ocean will be unveiled at a London...

Italy urged to stop mass expulsions

Amnesty International is calling on the Italian authorities to investigate urgently whether 68 people rescued at sea and then forcibly returned to Egypt within 48 hours were given the opportunity to...

Egypt urged to release or charge opposition activists after new wave of arrests

Amnesty International is calling on the Egyptian authorities to release or charge all detained supporters of opposition groups ahead of next month's parliamentary elections, following a new wave of...

Saudi Arabia: Amnesty urges king to stop execution of Sri Lankan domestic worker

Amnesty International has called on the King of Saudi Arabia to halt the execution of a young Sri Lankan woman who has lost her appeal against a death sentence for a murder committed when allegedly...

Nigeria: Over 200,000 people risk being made homeless for urban development, warns Amnesty

Plans for urban development of waterfront areas in the Rivers State capital of Port Harcourt, Nigeria are being developed at the expense of making more than 200,000 people homeless, warns Amnesty...

Tariq Aziz should not be executed

Amnesty International today called on the Iraqi authorities not to execute former Iraqi Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz and two other former officials sentenced to death by a Baghdad court. Tariq Aziz...