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Guantanamo: Military commissions 'can't be fixed'-call to scrap discredited trials

In response to reports that the United States government is set to revive “military commissions” to try Guantánamo detainees, Amnesty International has called on President Barack Obama to scrap the...

Somalia: Amputations and public killings must stop

In a week that has seen scores of civilians killed, hundreds injured and thousands displaced by clashes between pro- and anti-government forces in Mogadishu, Amnesty International said that armed...

Sri Lanka: Government and Tamil Tigers must heed demands from UN security council

The Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) must immediately heed demands by the United Nations Security Council and similar calls made by US President Barack Obama and...

UK: Secret inquest proposals abandoned but fears that government may use secret inquiries instead

Reacting to Jack Straw’s announcement today that the government would abandon plans to hold coroners’ inquests in secret without juries, Amnesty International UK Campaigns Director Tim Hancock said:...

Burma (Burma): UN security council should demand Aung San Suu Kyi's immediate release

Amnesty International is demanding that the UN Security Council - notably China and Japan - and ASEAN countries, urgently intervene to secure Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s release from Insein prison. These...

China:Amnesty condemns detention of grieving parents

Chinese authorities should immediately release recently detained survivors and parents who attempted to mourn for the Children's rights who died during the earthquake in Sichuan last year, said...

Sri Lanka: UN Security Council must act now to save civilians, says Amnesty in new letter

Amnesty International has demanded that the Sri Lankan authorities allow immediate and unhindered access to the troubled areas – including the "Safe Zone" – to international monitors and humanitarian...

India: Global protests & web appeal as doctor who championed the poor marks two years in jail

Amnesty International launches a new appeal on 14 May calling for the immediate and unconditional release of Dr Binayak Sen, a human rights defender and pioneer of health care to marginalised...

Northern Ireland: Amnesty makes Bill of Rights call to United Nations

* Call on United Nations to back proposals for Northern Ireland Bill of Rights * New research reveals strong Northern Ireland public support for rights bill Amnesty International has today asked the...

Saudi Arabia: Child offenders among latest to be executed

Plus - teenagers due to be “severely flogged” 1,500 and 1,250 times Amnesty International has condemned recent executions in Saudi Arabia as reports show that five people were beheaded in the kingdom...