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Guinea-Bissau: Coup attempt underscores human rights concerns

A military takeover in Guinea-Bissau underscores the country’s serious unresolved human rights concerns, Amnesty International said on Friday (13 April). On-going tensions within Guinea-Bissau’s...

Saudi Arabia should release hunger-striker Mohammed Saleh al-Bajady

The Saudi Arabian authorities must release a prominent human rights activist who is reported to have been on hunger strike for five weeks in protest at his continuing unfair imprisonment, Amnesty...

China: Northern Ireland's leaders must not trade away human rights during Autumn visit

Amnesty International has responded to news of today's visit by Liu Yandong, State Councillor and the highest ranking female politician in China's Communist Party, by calling on Northern Ireland's...

North Korea: North Korea: 'Appalling, systematic human rights abuses' overshadow 'day of sun'

North Korea’s ‘Day of the Sun’ – the official title for the centenary of founder Kim Il-sung’s birth to be celebrated this Sunday – is an opportunity to shed light on the country’s abysmal human...

Fresh call for Louisiana to end 'Angola 3' isolation after 40 years

‘The 40-year isolated incarceration of these two men is scandalous’ - Everette Harvey Thompson In the lead-up to the 40th “anniversary” of the solitary confinement of the “Angola 3” prisoners in the...

Jail sentence for Chinese housing activist Ni Yulan 'completely unacceptable'

A prominent Chinese housing activist jailed today on spurious charges must be released immediately, Amnesty International has said. Ni Yulan, who is disabled, was handed a two-year-and-eight-month...

Delay over hunger-striker Abdulhadi al-Khawaja case could be 'disastrous'

‘We hold the Bahraini authorities responsible for his situation’ - Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui The Bahraini authorities must immediately and unconditionally release a prominent human rights activist whose...

Response to fresh reports of UK's alleged involvement in rendition

Responding to fresh reports of the UK’s alleged involvement in the rendition of several people to Libya, Amnesty International UK Policy Adviser Tara Lyle said: “The allegations are mounting higher...

Libya urged to act 'without further delay' on ICC call for Saif Gaddafi to be handed over

Amnesty International has said that the Libyan authorities must act “without further delay” on yesterday’s call by the International Criminal Court (ICC) ordering Libya to surrender Saif al-Islam al...

Bagram prison transfer deal puts thousands of detainees at torture risk

*US-Afghan prisoner transfer will affect over 3,000 detainees *‘Agreement is all the more worrisome given we are talking about specific and real risks of torture’ - Catherine Baber A deal that will...