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Zimbabwe: Fears for safety increase for Jestina Mukoko and other activists

Amnesty International calls for immediate and unconditional release of Mukoko and other 30 activists Amnesty International supporters have urgently appealed to the authorities in Zimbabwe for the...

Gaza: An immediate 'humanitarian truce' needed-UN must act

Amnesty International today urged the UN Security Council to demand that Israel, Hamas and Palestinian armed groups observe an immediate truce in Gaza to allow desperately needed humanitarian...

UN Security Council must not fail civilians in Gaza conflict, says Amnesty

Amnesty International today urged the UN Security Council to take firm and decisive action to address the increasingly grave situation in the Gaza Strip and southern Israel. Malcolm Smart, Director of...

Israel/Occupied Palestinian Territories: Immediate access to humanitarian workers and observers essential

As the number of casualties continues to mount, civilians in Gaza are in increasingly dire need of food, medical and other emergency assistance, Amnesty International said today. International...

Israel/Occupied Palestinian Territories: End unlawful attack and meet Gaza' emergency needs

Palestinian civilians remain at risk of being killed or injured in the Israeli air strikes and are increasingly lacking adequate medical care food, medicines, electricity, water and other necessities...

China: Release Liu Xiaobo immediately, urges Amnesty

Amnesty International today expressed fears that authorities are pursuing a serious prosecution against the literary critic and activist Liu Xiaobo, a signatory of the Charter 08 campaign for...

Former child soldier Emmanuel Jal featured in new Amnesty song and video project 'The Price of Silence'

Available exclusively on iTunes as charity EP Laurence Fishburne, Hugh Masekala, Stephen Marley and Natalie Merchant are amongst stars involved A new Amnesty International song and video project has...

Trafficking: Convention ratification welcomed but more protection needed

Warning that vulnerable people will still be at risk In response to news that the UK Government has ratified an important anti-trafficking convention, Amnesty International has welcomed the move but...

Tasers: Safety of device questioned as death toll hits 334-mark

Tasers are inherently open to abuse and are not as safe as the industry would suggest, said Amnesty International today as it reiterated its call to the UK government to limit deployment of the weapon...

Tasers: Safety of the new PSNI device questioned as death toll hits 334-mark

Tasers are inherently open to abuse and are not as safe as the industry would suggest, said Amnesty International today (16 Dec) as it reiterated its call to strictly limit deployment of the weapon to...