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Egypt 'unlawfully' detaining hundreds of Syrian refugees - new report

Amnesty International has denounced Egypt’s hardline policy of unlawfully detaining and forcibly returning hundreds of refugees who have fled the armed conflict in Syria.

Sri Lanka: Fresh warning over Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting as officials meet in London

Diplomats from Commonwealth countries meeting in London today must push Sri Lanka to end its continuing crackdown on human rights defenders, Amnesty International said.

Writer calls for truth about torture in Northern Ireland to be revealed at Amnesty Annual Lecture

A British journalist, who has investigated the secret use of torture in Northern Ireland, has called for the UK authorities to reveal the truth about past abuses as part of a wider process to “deal with the past”…

Russia: warning of 'paralysis' for human rights NGOs after Memorial 'foreign agents' case

Amnesty International has warned of “paralysis” in the human rights movement in Russia after a key NGO in the city of Ryazan today lost a lawsuit triggered by the repressive 'foreign agents law'.

Iran must halt 'ghastly' second execution of man who survived hanging first time around

Iran must stop the execution of man who was found alive at a morgue a day after being hanged, Amnesty International urged today, after the authorities said the prisoner would be hanged for a second time once his…

Algeria: Blogger detained for posting photos to Facebook should be released

Amnesty is calling for the Algerian authorities to release a blogger held for posting photos and caricatures of president and the prime minister to Facebook and for supposedly “praising terrorism”.

Russia's detention of 1,200 migrants branded 'discriminatory and unlawful'

The arrest and detention of more than 1,200 immigrants in a sweep operation at a Moscow market yesterday is just the latest example of disproportionate and discriminatory policing in Russia, Amnesty International…

Algeria: Blogger detained for posting photos to Facebook should be released

Amnesty is calling for the Algerian authorities to release a blogger held for posting photos and caricatures of president and the prime minister to Facebook and for supposedly “praising terrorism”.

Taser roll out by Metropolitan Police undermined by new report, says Amnesty

Responding to today's publication of the London Assembly's Police and Crime Committee's report Arming the Met, Amnesty International UK’s Arms Programme Director, Oliver Sprague, said: "The report...

Nigeria: Deaths in custody of hundreds of Boko Haram suspects must be investigated

The deaths of hundreds of people in detention facilities run by Nigeria’s military Joint Task Force (JTF) must be investigated as a matter of urgency, Amnesty International said today. Amnesty has...