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South Korea: Investigation uncovers police brutality against beef protesters

Amnesty calls for charges to be brought against authorities The South Korean police used excessive force against peaceful protesters demonstrating against the government’s trade policies earlier this...

Concern at funding threat facing Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights's anti-violence groups

Ealing Council’s decision to withdraw funding from a specialist black and ethnic minority Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights’s organisation could have serious and long-lasting...

Amnesty's biggest-ever Edinburgh Festival line-up announced

Edinburgh : Amnesty International has announced its line-up for this year’s Edinburgh Festival - the human rights campaigners’ biggest and widest-ranging programme from the Festival’s main “cause”...

Guantanamo video: Omar Khadr should be repatriated to Canada

Reacting to today’s release of a video publicly showing Canadian citizen Omar Khadr being questioned at the US detention centre in Guantánamo Bay, Amnesty International called for Khadr to be...

Italy: A long-awaited verdict

Amnesty International welcomes the fact that the Italian magistrates have held individuals accountable for the brutalities that occurred in the Bolzaneto detention facility in Genoa, Italy. "This is a...

Venezuela; new law for Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights 'useless unless fully implemented', said Amnesty in new report

In a new report published today, Amnesty International urged the Venezuelan authorities to show political resolve and to secure the resources needed to ensure the new law to prevent violence against...

Arms: BBC's findings reinforce Amnesty's concerns over China's violation of darfur arms embargo

Amnesty International revealed in 2007 that arms were still being transferred to Darfur in spite of UN embargo The revelation in tonight’s BBC’s current affairs programme Panorama that China is...

Sudan-International Criminal Court: An important step

Amnesty International said that today’s announcement by the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is an important step towards ensuring accountability for human rights violations in...

Sri Lanka: Amnesty condemns today's murder of civilians

Two Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights and a child among dead in ambush in Buttala today Amnesty International today condemned the targeting of civilians in the ongoing...

UK/Zimbabwe: UK talks tough on Mugabe but treats Zimbabweans stranded in UK inhumanely

While Prime Minister Gordon Brown talks tough on Mugabe at the G8 summit, Zimbabweans who have sought safety in Britain are being treated inhumanely, said Amnesty International today. The call comes...