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Ukraine: Tymoshenko's jailing is politically motivated

A former Ukrainian prime minister jailed today for abuse of office must be released, Amnesty International said. Yuliya Tymoshenko was sentenced to seven years imprisonment and barred from holding...

UK: East London pupils ensure minister keeps death penalty at heart of UK foreign policy

Pupils from Eastlea Community School in Newham took centre stage at a prestigious event at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in central London yesterday to mark the World Day Against the Death...

Northern Ireland: Amnesty brands refusal of inquiry in Finucane case 'shameful'

Amnesty International has slammed the government’s proposed review of the case files in the killing of Belfast solicitor Patrick Finucane, announced today. In the more than 20 years since Patrick...

Amnesty launches Young Human Rights Reporter of the Year competition

Amnesty International UK today formally launched the 2012 Young Human Rights Reporter of the Year competition. The competition is open to students aged 7 to 18 from across the UK and is split into...

Yemen: 'thug' attacks on Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights celebrating Nobel Peace Prize win should be investigated

Amnesty International is calling for an investigation after dozens of Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights were reportedly injured in Yemen’s second-largest city yesterday when...

Russia: New report shows journalists and activists being murdered for their work

Five years after Anna Politkovskaya’s murder ‘climate of impunity’ hampers investigations Five years after the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, little progress has been made to increase the safety of...

Shappi Khorsandi launches short film on 'calculated cruelty' of stoning in Iran

Film - ahead of World Day Against Death Penalty (10 Oct) - is part of campaign to stop stoning in Iran The Anglo-Iranian comedian Shappi Khorsandi has launched a new film that mocks Iran’s laws on...

Amnesty responds to Junior Ministers' comments on child abuse inquiry

Responding to public comments made by Northern Ireland Junior Ministers Jonathan Bell and Martina Anderson, Tim Hancock, Campaigns Director, Amnesty International UK, said: “Amnesty International has...

Bahrain: death of 16-year-old protestor must be investigated

The death of a teenage protester in Bahrain last night must be independently investigated and the findings made public, Amnesty International has said today. Ahmed al-Jaber al-Qatan, 16, was shot...

Syria: Statement on Zaynab al-Hosni

Last month Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch (HRW) issued statements following the killing and mutilation by unknown persons of a woman in Syria believed to be Zaynab al-Hosni. Zaynab had...