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Scotland: Guantanamo demonstration at US Consulate in Edinburgh

On the day marking the fifth ‘anniversary’ (11 January) of the first ‘war on terror’ detainees being transported to the US military prison at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba, Amnesty International issued a...

USA/Somalia: What measures were taken to protect civilians in air strikes?

Amnesty International has written to the US government expressing deep concern about reports that at least 30 civilians have been killed in recent US air attacks in southern Somalia. In a letter to US...

Wales: Guantánamo Bay – Amnesty members in Wales protest outside the US Embassy office in Cardiff to condemn five year ‘anniversary’.

Where: US Embassy Office, Temple Court, Cathedral Road, Cardiff When: 10.30am, Thursday 11th January 2007. Letter to be handed in at 11.00am. On the day marking the fifth ‘anniversary’ (11 January) of...

India: Upper Assam killings deplored

Amnesty International deplores the targeting and killing of at least 69 non-Assamese people living in Upper Assam in North East India over the last six days. The United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA...

USA: Guantánamo Bay - Fresh condemnation ahead of five-year ‘anniversary’

On the eve of the day marking the fifth ‘anniversary’ (11 January) of the first ‘war on terror’ detainees being transported to the US military prison at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba, Amnesty International...

NI: Amnesty to mark five-year 'anniversary' of Guantánamo with Belfast demonstration

Where: US Consulate, Danesfort House, 223 Stranmillis Road, Belfast When: 12.30pm, Thursday 11th January 2007. Amnesty International is to mark the five-year ‘anniversary’ of the first ‘war on terror’...

Northern Ireland: Amnesty International concerned by launch of 'handbag sized' taser stun gun for US public

Amnesty International has expressed concern at the recent decision by Taser International to launch a new electro-shock weapon for the US general public and has renewed its calls for an independent...

USA: Amnesty International concerned by launch of Taser Stun Gun for US public

Two recent US Taser-related deaths raises further cause for concern Amnesty International has expressed concern at the recent decision by Taser International to launch a new electro-shock weapon for...

Ethiopia: Concern for three trade unionists at risk of torture in detention

Amnesty International has expressed concern over the safety of three members of Ethiopia’s prominent teachers trade union – the Ethiopian Teachers’ Association – who are believed to be in detention...

Iraq: Amnesty International calls for for Saddam Hussein's aides not to be executed

Amnesty International supporters around the world are urgently appealing to the Iraqi authorities to immediately commute the death sentence of three of Saddam Hussein’s aides who are scheduled to be...