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Syria: UN team must get full access to investigate chemical weapons claim

‘What would be the point of having a UN team of experts in the country if they are not allowed to access the sites of the alleged attacks…?’ - Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui In response to the publication of a...

UK must account for its actions to repress Guardian reporting on surveillance

© Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images The pressure to destroy documents placed on the Guardian newspaper by the UK authorities represents a threat to freedom of expression, the right to information and the...

Egypt: bloodshed underscores urgent need for all countries to halt arms transfers to country

USA has supplied military rifles and machineguns as recently as June All governments must suspend the transfer of weapons of the type used by Egypt’s security forces in violent dispersals and...

UK: today's detention of a Guardian journalist's partner at Heathrow was unwarranted and unlawful

The Edward Snowden journalist Glenn Greenwald was clearly being targeted by the detention The partner of a Guardian journalist who was detained earleir today while in transit at a London airport was...

Egypt: Disastrous bloodshed must lead to urgent impartial investigation

‘There seems to be little doubt the security forces have been acting with blatant disregard for human life’ - Philip Luther There must be a full and impartial investigation into the violent dispersal...

Nigeria becomes first African nation to ratify new Arms Treaty

‘We hope that Nigeria will … play a leading role in encouraging other African states to get behind the treaty’ - Lucy Freeman Nigeria’s ratification of the landmark global Arms Treaty this week is a...

Egypt: further bloodshed must be avoided

The Egyptian security forces must take urgent steps to avoid further bloodshed after a pro-Morsi sit-in was dispersed in Cairo today, Amnesty International said this afternoon. Amnesty is currently...

Greece: Horrific knife attack targets migrants in Crete

The Greek authorities must act immediately to curb the growing spate of xenophobic and racist attacks Amnesty International said today. It follows a brutal knife attack by a mob of around 20 men on...

Bahrain: warning of possible crackdown at mass protests tomorrow

‘The people of Bahrain have the right to express their views freely and to protest peacefully without the threat of violence’ - Philip Luther The Bahraini authorities must not crack down on mass anti...

Northern Ireland: Amnesty calls for public inquiry into Omagh - 15 years after deadly bomb

Amnesty International today joined bereaved families in calling for an independent public inquiry to be established into the circumstances leading to the Omagh bomb and the investigative failures that...