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Uzbekistan: EU must press over Andizhan killings, five years on

Ahead of the fifth anniversary of the Andizhan killings in Uzbekistan, Amnesty International has urged the European Union to strongly condemn the continued attacks on human rights defenders and...

Film-makers release from Iran prison urged in new Amnesty campaign

Cannes Jury invitee Ja’far Panahi detained since March Amnesty International is calling for the immediate and unconditional release of two Iranian filmmakers, Mohammad Ali Shirzadi and Ja'far Panahi...

Iran's execution of five tortured political prisoners condemned

Amnesty International today condemned the executions in Iran of four Kurdish political activists and another Iranian man, all convicted of “moharebeh” (enmity against God)”. The four Kurds – Farzad...

Campaigners rally together to call for a 'bullet-proof' Arms Treaty

New Amnesty report on consequences of deadly irresponsible Arms Amnesty International today joined thousands of campaigners in more than 100 countries to call upon government leaders to develop a...

India: Vedanta Orissa bauxite mine hearing resumes today

The official hearing on a challenge to the Indian government’s decision to grant environmental clearance to a Vedanta subsidiary’s bauxite mine in Niyamgiri, Orissa, is resuming at the National...

Iranian authorities must end secrecy surrounding executions of Afgans, says Amnesty

Up to 3,000 Afghans may be on death row, say Afghan MPs Amnesty International is urging the Iranian authorities to reveal how many Afghan nationals it is holding on death row amid reports 45 Afghans...

Zimbabwe: call for end to harassment of opponents after Roy Bennett acquittal

The Zimbabwe authorities must stop harassing political opponents and government critics, Amnesty International said today, following the acquittal of a critic of President Robert Mugabe accused of...

Baltic Pride march gets green light reprieve in final hour

Amnesty International has welcomed a Lithuanian court’s u-turn decision to allow Saturday's 2010 Baltic Pride march in Vilnius to go ahead. The Supreme Administrative Court decided today that the...

Baltic Pride march gets green light reprieve in final hours

Amnesty International has welcomed a Lithuanian court’s u-turn decision to allow Saturday's 2010 Baltic Pride march in Vilnius to go ahead. The Supreme Administrative Court decided today that the...

Iraq: Kurdistan authorities must investigate new journalist killing

The Kurdistan Regional Government must take immediate steps to investigate the abduction and murder earlier this week of Sardasht Osman, 23, a university student who worked as a journalist for the...