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Worldwide: Protests in more than 40 countries demand an end to rape in Darfur

Demonstration in London: Rape alarms to be set off outside Downing Street Photos and video from refugee camps in Chad available; experts available for interview Demonstrators will set off hundreds of...

Pakistan: New report urges action on ‘War on terror’ detainees after Musharraf attempts to bury issue

Despite growing anger in Pakistan at the practice of enforced disappearances, the government has still not acknowledged its responsibility for hundreds of people arbitrarily detained in secret...

USA: Guantánamo Bay - response to reports of opening of new prison block

Responding to reports that the US military authorities at Guantanamo Bay have moved a group of detainees into a new maximum-security prison block at the camp, Amnesty International UK Campaigns...

Iran: Amnesty International concerned at increasing censorship of websites and other media

Read a copy of this press release in Farsi (PDF, 100KB) 300 new sites censored every day; visits to websites used as evidence against activist Amnesty International today (7 December) expressed...

Sudan: New style of Janjawid attacks in Darfur

Janjawid militia raids villages in vehicles for the first time As the UN evacuates staff from the main Darfur town of El Fasher today because of the growing threat from armed groups, Amnesty...

Taiwan: Urgent appeal to prevent imminent execution

Appeal to stop execution after justice minister backtracks over statements made to Amnesty International on death penalty. Amnesty International has today issued an urgent appeal against the imminent...

Worldwide: UN General Assembly votes for historic Arms Treaty proposal

Control Arms campaign: Oxfam International, Amnesty International and the International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA). Work on an international Arms Treaty will begin immediately following a...

UK: NIO gets damning report card: just one out of ten for tackling violence against Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights

Amnesty International, working as part of the End Violence Against Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights Campaign, today launches a damning new report, Making the Grade 2. This...

Lebanon: Need for responsible leadership and comprehensive approach to end impunity

(Beirut) As thousands of people have been taking part in the latest demonstrations on the streets of Beirut, Amnesty International’s Secretary General Irene Khan called on political leaders to ensure...

Iran: Internet repression stems from fear

Responding to news today (4 December) that the Iranian authorities have blocked access to major websites including the New York Times, Wikipedia and YouTube, Amnesty International expressed serious...