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Candidates in the Philippines presidential election should outline their plans to combat the political violence which has resulted in the killing of at least five candidates and sixteen campaign...

A 60-year old Eritrean asylum seeker will be at risk of arrest, incommunicado detention and torture if the UK removes him to Eritrea as planned, warned Amnesty International today. The forced removal...

Save Baltic Pride now Amnesty International has condemned the suspension by a Lithuanian court of the 2010 “Baltic Pride” march, set to take place in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius on Saturday 8 May...

Amnesty International has condemned the suspension by a Lithuanian court of the 2010 “Baltic Pride” march, set to take place in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius on Saturday 8 May. The city’s...

Amnesty International UK today announced the shortlists for its prestigious annual Media Awards. The awards recognise excellence in human rights reporting and acknowledge journalism’s significant...

The Court of Appeal ruled on 4 May 2010 that the UK government cannot rely on closed material procedures in the civil lawsuit brought by six former Guantánamo Bay detainees over alleged complicity in...

Amnesty International has condemned an overwhelming vote by the lower house of the Belgian parliament on Thursday in favour of legislation banning the wearing of full-face veils in public. One hundred...

Amnesty International has today (30 April) condemned the Brazilian Supreme Court's blocking of a reinterpretation of a 1979 Amnesty Law that protects members of the former military government from...

Ahead of World Press Freedom Day on Monday 1 May, Amnesty is calling attention to journalists in Honduras, who at serious risk. Six journalists, all men, have been shot dead in the last eight weeks...

Amnesty International supporters around the world will send an urgent call this May Day to the authorities in Zimbabwe to urge them to stop intimidating and harassing human rights activists in the...