Federal authorities must launch a full investigation into the disappearances of over 40 students in Iguala, southwestern Mexico, as doubts persist that the bodies found in a mass grave at the weeke

Hong Kong’s police failed in their duty to protect hundreds of peaceful pro-democracy protesters from attacks by counter demonstrators on Friday evening, Amnesty International said.

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Responding to proposals by the Conservative Party to leave the European Convention on Human Rights, Kate Allen, Director of Amnesty International UK, said:

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The Chinese authorities must immediately and unconditionally release all those detained for peacefully showing support for pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, Amnesty International said today.