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Austria must bring killers of Chechen exile to justice, says Human Rights NGO

Man Who Fled to Vienna Had Accused Chechen President of Torture (Moscow) The Austrian government should act swiftly to bring to justice those responsible for the killing of a Chechen man who had...

Gaza: Call for independent investigation into Israeli shelling of UN compound

Amnesty International is calling for an immediate and independent investigation into the Israeli army's shelling this morning of a United Nations compound in Gaza City, disrupting the distribution of...

Iran: New executions demonstrate need for unequivocal legal ban of stoning

Amnesty International deplores the execution by stoning of two men – Houshang Khodadadeh and another unidentified man - in Mashhad, north-east Iran, probably on 26 December 2008 and urges the...

Turkey: Justice for victim tortured to death in custody

All those responsible for Engin Çeber’s death must face justice in fair proceedings, Amnesty International said today as the 60 state officials implicated in his death prepare to go on trial on 21...

USA: New Obama viral says 'we don't expect impossible' but change on Guantanamo and Torture now needed

As part of a new “100-day campaign” , Amnesty has today launched a powerful new online “viral” film on expectations around the incoming government of Barack Obama. The two-minute film (available at...

Venezuela: Attacking American convention on Human Rights jeopardises everybody's welfare

By rejecting a ruling by the Inter American Court of Human Rights and calling on the government to reject the American Convention on Human Rights, the Venezuelan Supreme Court is sending a dangerous...

Gaza: Call for full arms embargo as weapons ship heads to Israel

Letter to David Miliband calls for UK support, including rigorous checks on UK licensing after ‘UAV’ reports Amnesty International has called for a full arms embargo on all parties involved in the...

Gaza: Call for independent investigation into Israeli shelling of UN compound

Amnesty International is calling for an immediate and independent investigation into the Israeli army's shelling this morning of a United Nations compound in Gaza City, disrupting the distribution of...

UK: Straw announces plans to allow secret inquests

Amnesty has responded to today's anouncement of the Coroners and Justice Bill, which would allow some inquests to be held 'in secret' on 'national security' grounds. Amnesty International UK Campaigns...

China: female activist detained and beaten

Human rights activist Mao Hengfeng has been detained and reportedly beaten after protesting about forced evictions in Shanghai. The Shanghai Public Security Bureau yesterday sentenced Mao, 48, to...