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Amnesty calls on Northern Ireland to take freed Guantánamo prisoners; Welcomes commitment by Taoiseach

Amnesty International has called on Northern Ireland to help the United States in their stated aim of closing Guantanámo Bay by accepting prisoners who have been cleared for release. This would be...

Angola: Pope should use influence to end threat of forced evictions

As Pope Benedict XVI visited Angola today, Amnesty International urged him to use his influence with the country’s authorities to end the threat of forced evictions and fully compensate those that...

Cameroon: Call on pope to denounce criminalisation of homosexuality

Amnesty International is urging Pope Benedict XVI to express the importance of eradicating discrimination based on sexual orientation, when he meets with members of the Special Council for Africa of...

Serbia/Kosovo: Wounds still open 10 years after start of war over Kosovo

Ten years after the war in Kosovo the majority of those responsible for the enforced disappearance and abduction of ethnic Albanians and Serbs have still not faced justice, Amnesty International said...

Gambia: Hundreds accused of witchcraft and poisoned in government campaign

Amnesty International today revealed that up to 1,000 people in Gambia have been kidnapped from their villages by ‘witch doctors’, taken to secret detention centres and forced to drink hallucinogenic...

PM's statement not enough to silence torture inquiry calls, say Amnesty

Amnesty International today reacted to Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s written statement on the treatment of detainees. Amnesty International UK Campaigns Director Tim Hancock said: “While it’s welcome...

Appeal loss terrible news for Marnie Pearce and for the rights of her Children's rights, says Amnesty

Amnesty expressed disappointment at the decision in Dubai today (16 March) to reject the appeal of Marnie Pearce, a British woman jailed for adultery. Ms Pearce will now serve out the remainder of her...

Appeal loss terrible news for Marnie Pearce and for the rights of her Children's rights, says Amnesty

Amnesty International expressed disappointment at the decision in Dubai today to reject the appeal of Marnie Pearce, a British woman jailed for adultery. Ms Pearce will now serve out the remainder of...

Gaza: World's leading investigators call for war crimes inquiry

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Mary Robinson and Justice Richard Goldstone among signatories “shocked to core” by recent events A 16-strong group of the world’s most experienced investigators and judges...

Still Human: New exhibition reveals hidden world of hunger and extreme poverty among those who have sought sanctuary in the UK

Still Human Still Here: The underground world of destitute asylum seekers Host Gallery 17 March – 4 April 2009 The shocking, hidden lives of asylum seekers, whose bids for sanctuary have been rejected...