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Nigeria: Amnesty International welcomes decision to make greater Port Harcourt master plan available to public

Just days after Amnesty International published its report highlighting the threat of forced eviction of more than 200,000 people in Port Harcourt for urban regeneration, the authorities in the region...

Syria: Prison cell attack on award-winning human rights lawyer must be investigated

Amnesty International has called on the Syrian authorities to investigate an assault on an award-winning human rights activist and lawyer in prison by another inmate and whether prison officials were...

Ashtiani stoning case: Fears grow for lawyer and son

Amnesty International today called on the Iranian authorities to immediately release the lawyer and son of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, an Iranian woman who is at risk of execution by stoning, if they...

Forced psychiatric assessment of Ukraine trade union activist

Amnesty International has urged the Ukraine authorities to stop the harassment of a trade union activist who remains in hiding after a court ordered him to undergo a forced psychiatric examination...

Indonesia: New report- denial of access to sexual health services proving deadly

A new Amnesty report will be launched in Jakarta on Thursday 4 November and will detail the fatal consequences of denying access to sexual health services for Women's rights's rightss rights's rights...

Singapore convicts the UK author of death penalty book

Singapore’s conviction of the author Alan Shadrake, for contempt of court will further stifle freedom of expression and legitimate criticism of the Singaporean judiciary, Amnesty International said...

Iraq: Sunday's Church killings a 'war crime'

Amnesty International has condemned as a war crime Sunday’s attack on a Catholic church in Baghdad by an armed group, in which about 100 worshippers were taken hostage and more than 40 then killed as...

Major new art project about Mexico's abused Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights premieres in London

A new project by visual artist Tamsyn Challenger featuring nearly 200 exceptional artists including Tracey Emin, Paula Rego, Swoon, Maggi Hambling and Humphrey Ocean will be unveiled at a London...

Media Briefing: Yemen

A summary of key Amnesty International human rights concerns on Yemen: Unfair trials and prisoners of conscience In recent years hundreds of people in Yemen have been jailed after unfair trials. Those...

Egypt urged to release or charge opposition activists after new wave of arrests

Amnesty International is calling on the Egyptian authorities to release or charge all detained supporters of opposition groups ahead of next month's parliamentary elections, following a new wave of...