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Somalia: Call On UN To Restore Full Arms Embargo This Week

Following a year of extreme violence across Somalia, Amnesty International is calling on the UN Security Council to restore a full arms embargo on Somalia to stop the rise in insecurity, violence a

Russia: detention of anti-war protesters condemned

‘The relationship between Russia and the Ukraine should not be a pretext for any impediment of freedom of expression and assembly’ - Sergei Nikitin

UAE: today's seven-year sentence for a Qatari doctor is 'a farce'

While in detention Al-Jaidah’s interrogators threatened to peel off his nails and hang him upside down until he died

Northern Ireland: 'On the runs' scheme must not perpetuate impunity

The UK government scheme to issue written assurances to 'on the runs' in Northern Ireland must not perpetuate impunity, Amnesty International said today following the announcement of a judg

Israeli security forces accused of being 'trigger-happy' in West Bank

Report shows ‘harrowing pattern of unlawful killings’ - Phil Luther

Ukraine: Disbanded riot police must be held to account for demo deaths

All those responsible for the deaths of more than 100 people killed during the anti-government protests in Ukraine must be brought to justice, Amnesty International said today.

Sri Lanka: Amnesty warns of crackdown ahead of UN Human Rights Session

The Sri Lankan government is targeting critics at alarming levels, with more surveillance and harassment expected ahead of next month’s UN Human Rights Council session, Amnesty International

Uganda: Tabloid gay list publication 'chilling'

Amnesty called the publication in a Ugandan tabloid newspaper of a list of names of people accused of being gay the day after President Museveni signed the Anti-Homosexuality Bill into law a &lsquo

Russia: arrest of 234 protesters outside Moscow court shows 'reality' after Sochi

Pussy Riot protesters Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina among those arrested