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Azerbaijan:Hague must raise human rights concerns during gas pipe deal visit

Foreign Secretary William Hague must raise human rights concerns when he visits Azerbaijan to sign a deal involving ambitious plans to build a massive gas pipeline from Azerbaijan to Europe today.

Bahrain: children as young as 13 being detained and tortured on 'routine basis' - new briefing

Children arrested while at swimming pools and playing board games

Bangladesh must protect against reprisal violence after Islamist leader's execution

Today’s hanging of Islamist leader Abdul Quader Mollah is a disgrace, and the Bangladeshi authorities must now ensure that people are protected against reprisal attacks, said Amnesty Internation

African Union: Concrete action urgently needed to halt atrocities in Central African Republic

The African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council must urgently clarify its plans to deploy the new African-led peacekeeping mission to tackle the spiralling human rights and humanitarian crisis in the Central…

Turkmenistan: new report describes 'total repression' in oil-and-gas-rich country

People not socialising for fear of being reported over anti-state comments

Syria: EU leaders should 'hang heads in shame' over failure to take in refugees - new briefing

UK one of ten EU countries which has failed to resettle vulnerable Syrian refugees

India: Court ruling to re-criminalise homosexuality a 'dark day for freedom'

A ruling by India’s Supreme Court which makes consensual same-sex relations between adults a criminal offence, marks a dark day for freedom in India, Amnesty International said today.

Northern Ireland: Church child abuse reports are 'no substitute for an independent inquiry'

'It is clear that not only did the Church fail to protect children, but so did the State.' Victim of abuse

Central African Republic: Civilians in urgent need of protection

The civilian population of the Central African Republic is in urgent need of protection, Amnesty International said today from the capital Bangui, four days into the worst spate of violence in the con