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Chinese president Hu Jintao’s threats of severe punishment for those who took part in the recent unrest in Xinjiang failed to address the serious human rights violations at the root of Uighur...
Group face trial ‘corruption on earth charge’ in Tehran Revolutionary Court Amnesty International is calling for the release of seven members of Iran's Baha'i religious minority who face trial...
Iran: Use of tear gas and batons against student commemoration protesters condemned Amnesty International has condemned the excessive use of force by Iranian security forces today, following baton...
The statements made to the media by doctors detained by the Sri Lankan government for providing what it says was false information about civilian casualties during the last days of its offensive...
Amnesty International today (9 July) condemned the conviction of Sichuan earthquake survivor He Hongchun on charges of “gathering a crowd to disturb social order” for organising a protest on behalf of...
Hundreds of poor, rural and Indigenous pregnant Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights in Peru are dying because they are effectively being denied the same health services other...
Reacting to the news that the Ethiopian Parliament has passed an Anti-Terror Proclamation in Ethiopia, Amnesty International warned that the law could restrict freedom of expression, peaceful assembly...
Amnesty International today welcomed the decision of the German, Swiss and Austrian governments to withdraw funding, provided through their respective Export Credit Agencies (ECAs), to the Ilýsu dam...
Amnesty International today welcomes the UK Government’s decision to amend UK law to enable to bring to justice those suspected of committing genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity...
In response to the African Union (AU)’s decision to not cooperate with the war crimes arrest warrant, issued by the International Criminal Court against Sudan President Omar al-Bashir, Amnesty...