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Egypt: pardons for Al Jazeera journalists and others welcomed, but hundreds still detained

‘It is ludicrous that some of these people were ever behind bars in the first place’ - Said Boumedouha

Pakistan: Halt execution of paralysed man due to take place tomorrow

240 executions carried out this year

EU summit: Refugees need safe access to protection, not more barriers

Concern over consent and coercion in relocation schemes Call for EU support to improve conditions in reception centres

Hungary: New satellite images show the week the fences went up

Satellite images show how the razor-wire fence was completed in just two days and caused an immediate bottleneck

Amnesty expert barred from London arms fair

‘They’ve kept me out, but the question is: what has DSEi got to hide?’ - Oliver Sprague

Big Fat Gay Wedding to be staged in Belfast: couple to say ‘I do’ in front of hundreds

A gay couple will get married in Belfast on Friday evening in front of hundreds of well-wishers, despite law-makers at Stormont blocking the right of same-sex couples to wed in Northern Ireland.

Ukraine: Foreign journalist ban an 'assault on freedom of expression'

The Ukrainian government’s decision to ban dozens of foreign journalists from entering the country on the grounds that

India: Supreme Court recognises need to protect Dalit sisters who had been sentenced to be raped

Amnesty International today welcomed protection orders issued by the Supreme Court of India that recognise the vulnerability of a Dalit family from Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh, who fled their village fe

Northern Ireland left behind as Irish government approves marriage equality law

Northern Ireland is being left behind on equal rights for gay people, Amnesty International said today, as the Irish Government approved a Marriage Bill which will allow for same-sex marriages in t

Cameroon: Hundreds slaughtered by Boko Haram and abused by security forces

War crimes: Boko Haram shoots, burns and slits throats of hundreds of people