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El Salvador must offer pregnant woman life-saving termination

The authorities in El Salvador must act immediately to allow doctors to carry out a life-saving pregnancy termination that will save the life of a seriously ill young woman, Amnesty International said...

Russia: fine for NGO under 'foreign agents' law condemned

‘The case against Golos should never have been brought, let alone succeeded’ - John Dalhuisen The Moscow court’s decision earlier today to fine a Russian independent non-governmental organisation is...

Republic of Congo: Teachers arrested in peaceful strike must be released

Authorities in the Republic of Congo must immediately release two teachers arrested in connection with a peaceful strike and held for a week without charge, Amnesty International said today. Hilaire...

Russia: Putin's first year back as President has seen 'witch hunt' against NGOs and critics - report

Putin has presided over ‘a witch hunt against dissenting or critical voices’ - John Dalhuisen Vladimir Putin’s first year back as Russian president has seen a witch hunt against NGOs and critics, and...

Amnesty and victims repeat calls for Northern Ireland clerical abuse probe

Responding to the publication today of reports by the National Board for Safeguarding Children's rights in the Catholic Church, Patrick Corrigan, Northern Ireland Programme Director of Amnesty...

Bahrain: cancellation of UN torture expert's visit shows country is 'not serious' about human rights

‘The authorities have used the buzzword of “reform” as a smoke-screen, when in reality they are not reforming’ - Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui Bahrain is clearly “not serious” about implementing human rights...

New call for Government to act over Shaker Aamer as Guantanamo hunger strike accelerates

‘As the hunger strike at Guantánamo accelerates, the UK government should answer the question - is it doing enough to get Aamer out of there?’ - Kate Allen Ahead of a parliamentary debate on the...

Shortlist for Amnesty's Media Awards 2013 announced

Amnesty International UK has announced the shortlist for its prestigious annual Media Awards for 2013 The shortlists are announced in eleven categories, covering print, broadcast and online journalism...

India: Vedanta lose landmark ruling

Amnesty International today welcomed a landmark ruling by India’s Supreme Court that appears to signal the end of a long-running battle between a subsidiary of the FTSE 100 mining company Vedanta...

Guatemala: scrapping of Rios Montt genocide trial would strengthen impunity

‘This decision may set back the clock in Guatemala to a time when impunity was the norm for those types of crimes’ - Sebastian Elgueta The decision to annul the Guatemalan genocide trial of Generals...