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Saudi Arabia warns that protesters will be 'firmly dealt with'

Warning coincides with veiled threat to UK over parliamentary investigation The Saudi Arabian authorities must withdraw their threat to deal “firmly” with people taking part in demonstrations and...

UK: Pulitzer fellowship worth $2,000 up for grabs as Student Human Rights Award launches

Amnesty International UK and the National Union of Students today revealed an amazing new top prize for their annual Student Human Rights Reporter of the Year award – a fellowship with the US-based...

Put a parrot in your stocking this Christmas with the Secret Policeman's Ball 2012

Amnesty International is delighted to announce the release of The Secret Policeman's Ball 2012 available on DVD and Blu-Ray from 3 December. Described in the Independent as “a comedy night with a...

Iranian authorities must reveal fate of 11 men reportedly spared execution at weekend

*Shop worker Saeed Sedeghi among men whose fate is now unknown *Iran believed to have executed at least 344 people since start of year The fate and whereabouts of 11 men in Iran who were due to be put...

EUROPE: Amnesty issues guidelines to police in wake of violent crackdowns on austerity protests

Europe’s police services received a sharp wake-up call this morning thanks to a new hard-hitting briefing from Amnesty International on the policing of austerity protests across the continent. The...

SERBIA: Government must learn from humanitarian catastrophe of Belvil

Amnesty International today called on the Serbian government to introduce new legislation to stop the horrors of the forced eviction of the Roma community of Belvil being replicated across the nation...

Amnesty: Secret justice plans risk harming the rule of law in Northern Ireland

New report heavily critical of secret justice plans ahead of debate on controversial bill ‘It’s a secret justice system straight from the pages of a Kafka novel’ - Alice Wyss The government’s plans...

Arrest of 20 pro-reform activists in Jordan is part of ongoing crackdown

The Jordanian authorities must end their crackdown against pro-reform activists and allow them freely to express their views, Amnesty International has said today. Twenty detainees - all members of...

ARGENTINA: Abortion delay for rape survivor amounts to torture

The decision by Argentina’s Supreme Court to allow a rape survivor to have her pregnancy terminated is a step forward for Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights’s rights in the...

Mexico: New Amnesty report calls on authorities to act now to end torture epidemic

The Mexican authorities must take decisive action to tackle the systemic and widespread use of torture and ill-treatment documented across the country, which dramatically increased under the...