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Mauritania: Men, women and Children's rights tortured to confess to crimes

Police in Mauritania are using torture to coerce men, women and Children's rights into confessing to crimes while in custody, Amnesty International said after a 10-day research mission. Amnesty’s...

Viet Nam: Urgent Amnesty appeal to halt 117 executions that could take place tomorrow

Responding to the news that s ome 117 death row prisoners in Viet Nam face imminent execution when a change in the law comes into effect tomorrow, Amnesty International urged the government to...

Nigeria: Man dragged to gallows will now be executed by firing squad

A death row prisoner in Nigeria is due to be executed by firing squad later this week after prison authorities dragged him to the gallows where they hanged four other men on Monday night, Amnesty...

USA: call for 'shameful' 500th execution in Texas tonight to be stopped

African American woman’s trial was held with overwhelmingly white jury Amnesty International has described the planned 500th execution in the US state of Texas tonight as a “shameful milestone” and is...

USA: Supreme Court ruling on gay marriage welcomed

However, concerns expressed over separate ‘Proposition 8’ ruling Amnesty International has this afternoon welcomed a decision by the US Supreme Court to strike down a provision in a law that...

Syria: As 'patently unfair' trial of 5 men put on hold - Amnesty calls for charges to be dropped

The Syrian authorities must drop charges against five human rights activists whose "patently unfair" terror trial was today put on hold for another two months, Amnesty International said. The five men...

15 years since Good Friday Agreement signed - UK government yet to deliver on promised Bill of Rights

Ahead of an event in Westminster today, organised to mark 15 years since the signing of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement Amnesty International said the delay in delivering a Bill of Rights was...

Rising levels of homophobia in sub-Saharan Africa are dangerous and must be tackled, says Amnesty in new report

Homophobic attacks and harassment across sub-Saharan Africa are reaching dangerous levels, Amnesty International warned in a new report out today. Making Love a Crime: Criminalisation of same-sex...

USA must not hunt down whistleblower Edward Snowden

Snowden’s right to seek asylum must be respected The US authorities must not prosecute anyone for disclosing information about the government’s human rights violations, Amnesty International has said...

Nigeria reportedly hangs four men in Edo state - first executions since 2006

Amnesty International has received credible reports that the authorities in the state of Edo in southern Nigerian have hanged four men in Benin City Prison today - the first known executions in the...