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Egypt: new briefing details sexual attacks on women in Tahrir Square

Attacks are ‘harrowing reminder of the sexual harassment and assault against women protesters under ousted president Hosni Mubarak’ - Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui Letting perpetrators in Egypt get away with...

Secret courts threat graver than ever after government overturns Lords amendments to Justice & Security Bill

Amnesty International, JUSTICE, Liberty and Reprieve have warned that the threat of secret courts is graver than ever after ministers defied the House of Lords and reverted back to the original...

Nigeria: No justice for the dead

Hundreds of fatal police shootings which each year leave families anguished and bereaved are not being investigated effectively because of a failure of the Nigerian justice system, Amnesty...

Amnesty warns of 'justice gap' for Northern Ireland Magdalene Laundry victims

Amnesty International has issued a call for former residents of Magdalene Laundry-type institutions in Northern Ireland to come forward to report their experiences to the Historic Institutional Abuse...

Uruguay signature opens new route to justice for millions

People who have their economic, social and cultural rights routinely trampled on are set to gain a fresh route to justice via the United Nations all thanks to the signature of Uruguay today. The South...

Haiti: Hundreds of families left homeless in new wave of evictions

Nearly 700 families have been forcibly evicted from two make-shift camps by the Haitian authorities in the last two weeks, reported Amnesty International. The families, all victims of the earthquake...

Russia: Anti-gay 'propaganda law' is assault on freedom of expression

Russia’s Parliament has backed a bill which outlaws the “propaganda of homosexuality among minors” in a move that will restrict fundamental human rights and is in breach of the country’s international...

Afghan talks: warning of 'future Malalas' if women's rights traded away to Taleban

‘As we’ve seen with Malala Yousufzai … the Taleban in both Afghanistan and Pakistan are fiercely hostile to women’s rights’ - Kate Allen Commenting on talks being hosted today by the Prime Minister...

Investigation needed over claims Greek police hid torture with 'Photoshopped' images

The Greek authorities must investigate accusations of torture after mugshots of four bank-robbery suspects were doctored apparently to remove signs of injury, Amnesty International said today. On...

Mali: New briefing reveals evidence of summary killings of civilians

‘Many people are genuinely afraid of being arrested, or worse, by the military’ - Gaëtan Mootoo The Malian army has committed serious human rights abuses and violations of international humanitarian...