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Turkey: Murder of journalist deplored

Amnesty International deplores the murder in Turkey today of prominent Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink. The organisation believes that he was targeted because of his work as a journalist who...

Sudan (Darfur): Janjawid threaten more attacks in West Darfur

Still not enough protection for civilians in Darfur Amnesty International has received reports that the government-backed Janjawid militia have threatened to attack three villages in West Darfur - Bir...

USA: Kenny Richey - Fresh calls for Scotsman on Death Row as USA marks 30 years of death penalty

Amnesty International UK, Reprieve and Scottish anti-death penalty campaigner Karen Torley today (17 January) issued fresh calls for justice for a Scottish man on death row in the USA, as the US marks...

Iran: Quashing of child offender death sentence welcomed as Amnesty releases list of 23 child offenders still on death row

Amnesty International today (16 January) welcomed the lifting of the death sentence against 19-year-old Nazanin Fathehi and a stay of execution in the case of fellow child offender Sina Paymard. But...

Angola: Catholic church involved in forced evictions

Amnesty International today has released a report revealing the scale and extent of forced evictions in Angola – and is particularly concerned at forced evictions carried out by Angolan authorities –...

Brazil: 69-Year old woman shot dead over land feud

Another victim in Brazil’s indigenous people’s struggle for land Kuretê Lopes, a 69-year-old indigenous woman from the Guarani-Kaiowá people, has become the latest victim of land-related violence that...

Iraq: Execution of Saddam aides condemned

Amnesty International today (15 January) condemned the executions of Saddam Hussein's half-brother and the former head of Iraq's revolutionary court as a brutal violation of the right to life and a...

Northern Ireland: Human rights prize awarded to Shankill Road primary school

Pupils at Malvern Primary School, near Belfast's Shankill Road, will be presented today (15 January) with a hand-made “friendship bench”, their prize for winning a cross-border human rights art...

UK: Amnesty asks book trade for donations to “The Big Book Sale”

Amnesty International today asked publishers, distributors and booksellers to show their support for human rights by donating books to its “Big Booksale”, the UK’s only nationwide charity booksale...

Cymru: Bae Guantánamo Bay – Aelodau Amnest yng Nghymru yn gwrthdystio tu allan i swyddfa Llysgenhaeth yr Unol Daleithiau

Lleoliad: Swyddfa Llysgennad yr UD, Llys y Deml, Ffordd y Gadeirlan, Caerdydd Pryd: 10.30am, Dydd Iau, 11 Ionawr 2007. Llythyr i’w gyflwyno am 11.00am Ar ddiwrnod nodi pumed ‘pen blwydd’ (11 Ionawr)...