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For all the tea in China: First Minister must raise human rights issues with trading partners

As the First Minister visits China, Amnesty International is demanding that he raises human rights issues with his counterparts, highlighting their campaign using China Tea. In contrast to Scottish...

Am yr holl de yn Tsieina: Rhaid i'r prif weindog drafod problemau hawliau dynol gyda phartneriaid masnach

Wrth i’r Prif Weinidog ymweld â Tsieina, mae Amnest Rhyngwladol yn mynnu ei fod yn trafod problemau hawliau dynol gyda’i bartneriaid yno gan amlygu eu hymgyrch yn defnyddio Te Tsieina. Mewn...

Syria: Hospital patients subjected to torture and ill-treatment - New report

The Syrian government has turned hospitals into instruments of repression in its efforts to crush opposition, Amnesty International said in a new report published today (24 October). The 39-page...

Libya: Investigate whether Gaddafi death was a war crime

The new Libya must be built on respect for human rights and justice, not retribution for the wrongs of the past Amnesty International today urged the new Libyan authorities to ensure a full...

Central African Republic: End decades of abuse

The report Central African Republic: Action needed to end decades of abuse describes how people in t

Libyans must see justice after death of Colonel Gaddafi

The reported death of Colonel Mu'ammar al-Gaddafi would bring to a close a chapter of Libya's history marked by repression and abuse but does not end the story, Amnesty International said today...

Arms to Middle East and North Africa shows failure of export controls

The UK, USA and Russia are among several countries to have supplied large quantities of weapons to repressive governments in the Middle East and North Africa in recent years, despite having evidence...

Amnesty: Dale Farm is a forced eviction on an unprecedented scale

Amnesty International said today, that Basildon Council was conducting a “forced eviction on an unprecedented scale” at Dale Farm. Amnesty refuted attempts to portray the eviction as a “site clearance...

Ken Clarke's Justice and Security Green Paper criticised over 'secretive process'

Responding to the publication today of the Justice and Security Green Paper - unveiled by Ken Clarke, the Justice Secretary - Amnesty International UK Director Kate Allen said: “We’ll be studying the...

Gilad Shalit prisoner swap casts harsh light on detention practices of both sides

*Shalit never allowed Red Cross visits *Forcibly exiling 41 Palestinian prisoners would violate international humanitarian law The prisoner exchange involving Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit and 477...