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Turkey: Secretive mass detentions condemned following night of 'shocking police violence'

Police in Turkey are refusing to acknowledge that they have people in custody following mass detentions carried out during the night in Istanbul, Amnesty International said today. More than a hundred...

Zimbabwe: Whatever election date, human rights monitors vital

Zimbabwe’s government must ensure there is no repeat of the violence that marred the presidential elections in 2008, Amnesty International warned today as the country’s leaders publicly disputed the...

Iran: Crackdown ahead of Friday's elections - new briefing

‘The escalation in repression is an outrageous attempt by the Iranian authorities to silence critics ahead of the presidential election’ - Philip Luther The Iranian authorities have intensified a...

Poland: New report calls for end to delays and secrecy in CIA 'black site' investigation

Guantánamo detainee Abu Zubaydah thought to have been waterboarded in Poland A five-year investigation into Poland’s involvement in the US-led rendition and secret detention programme must be...

Amnesty announces 2013 human rights media awards winners

*Journalists support #FreeAliOthman campaign for detained Syrian media worker Amnesty International UK has announced the winners of its prestigious annual media awards 2013 for human rights journalism...

Bangladesh: Indigenous People engulfed in Chittagong Hill Tracts land conflict

The Bangladeshi government’s failure to address the contentious issue of land rights in the eastern Chittagong Hill Tracts region, has left tens of thousands landless and fostered a cycle of violent...

Guantanamo detainee seeks victim status in Polish investigation into secret CIA prison

Announcement came at news conference in Warsaw this morning A Yemeni man held at Guantánamo has become the third person to seek “victim status” in an ongoing investigation by the Polish Prosecutor’s...

Turkey: prime minister Erdogan's latest intervention is 'nothing short of a provocation'

Turkey researcher Andrew Gardner’s response Amnesty international has warned that the Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan latest intervention in the country’s protest situation is “nothing...

G8/Northern Ireland: Freedoms of expression and assembly must be respected at G8 2013 Summit

Amnesty International has called on the PSNI to ensure that security and policing arrangements fully respect the freedom of expression and of peaceful assembly of demonstrators during this year's G8...

Sudan: New evidence of scorched earth tactics in Blue Nile

New satellite imagery and eyewitness testimonies from rebel-held areas in Sudan’s Blue Nile State show that Sudanese military forces have resorted to brutal scorched earth tactics to drive out the...