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Syria: Fears grow for author of 'The New Prophets' after mystery arrest

* Ali Smith takes up case * Photograph of Raghdah Sa'id Hassan available Amnesty International is increasingly concerned for the fate of a Syrian novelist detained over three weeks ago. Raghdah Sa'id...

Gaza: Baroness Ashton should visit Gaza, says group ahead of EU meeting

Baroness Ashton to visit region in mid March. The EU’s foreign ministers and its High Representative for foreign affairs Baroness Ashton must insist on their right to visit Gaza, say 17 European human...

Mexico: Three jailed for protesting at high electricity charges

Amnesty International today accused the Mexican authorities of misusing the justice system to detain three community leaders following their protests against high electricity prices in the state of...

Shell Oil to be grilled by Amnesty on human rights record

PANEL DISCUSSION ON: SHELL OIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN NIGERIA The Niger Delta is one of the world's 10 most important wetland and coastal marine ecosystems and is home to about 31 million people. Its...

Taxpayers' money could fund child labour or slavery overseas under new rules, warn campaigners

Taxpayers’ money could be used to fund child labour or slavery under new government proposals, campaign groups warned today. In a joint submission to the Export Credits Guarantee Department’s public...

Pupils showcase Northern Ireland's world-beating rights project

Pupils at Glencraig Integrated School in Holywood will showcase a world-beating human rights project developed by teachers in Northern Ireland today (Tuesday 2 March). Primary 7 pupils will...

New Amnesty briefing urges abolition of flogging of Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights in Sudan

Amnesty International today (1 March) denounced the practice of flogging in Sudan, which particularly affects Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights. A new Campaign Briefing from...

Russia: Woman detained in psychiatric hospital for promoting 'happiness'

Amnesty International has issued an “urgent action” appeal calling for the release of a Russian activist after she was forcibly detained in a psychiatric hospital in connection with her activities...

Bangladesh: Army opens fire on indigenous population, at least two dead

Amnesty International is calling on the government of Bangladesh to carry out a prompt, independent and impartial investigation into the death of two Jumma indigenous residents of the Chittagong Hill...

Binyam Mohamed:'Paragraph 168' disclosure welcomed, but full inquiry still needed

Amnesty International has today welcomed the publication of a contentious paragraph critical of the UK’s intelligence services in relation to the Binyam Mohamed case. Earlier this month the Court of...