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Poland: Amnesty International issues stark warning ahead of Euro 2012

A new Amnesty International briefing on Poland issued today paints a picture of a country struggling to tackle a rise in racism and with a police force which frequently relies on excessive force to...

Amnesty International launches quest to find the new Queen or King of the protest song

The hunt is on to find the nation’s new top protest songwriter. Amnesty International today launched the search as part of its new education pack The Power of Our Voices . The interactive pack on...

Justice and Security Bill could mean 'cloak of secrecy' over rendition and torture

Responding to the publication earlier today of a Justice and Security Bill, Amnesty International researcher on the United Kingdom Alice Wyss said: “We still need to carefully examine the details of...

Protesters in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province subject to arrest, torture and loss of livelihood - new report

Amnesty International has launched a new report highlighting human rights violations in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province against mainly Shi’a Muslims suspected of participating in protests. Amnesty’s...

USA: crucial hearing could see Angola 3's Albert Woodfox freed

40 years in solitary confinement could end A three-day evidentiary hearing into a claim of racial discrimination in the selection of the grand jury foreperson prior to the 1998 retrial of Albert...

Amnesty's media awards 2012 winners to be announced tomorrow (Tues 29 May, 10pm)

Amnesty International UK will be announcing the winners of its prestigious annual Media Awards at 10pm tomorrow (Tuesday 29 May). The awards event, being presented this year by Sky News’ Dermot...

Syria: Houla massacre 'must spur the Security Council to act'

ICC referral needed as death toll since UN mission alone reaches 1,300 The United Nations Security Council must move beyond condemnation of Friday’s attack that killed scores of civilians in the...

Scotland launch of Amnesty International Report 2012

Strong Arms treaty needed as UN Security Council increasingly looks unfit for purpose China's continuing crackdown on political activists and human rights defenders Amnesty International Scotland...

Amnesty International Report 2012: No longer business as usual for tyranny and injustice

Strong Arms treaty needed as UN Security Council increasingly looks unfit for purpose A failure of leadership makes the UN Security Council seem tired, out of step and increasingly unfit for purpose...

British man's two-and-a-half-year plight in detention in Iraq denounced as 'politically-motivated'

Ramze Shihab Amhed has already had eight trials and says he was tortured while in secret detention Amnesty International is calling for the release of a British man who has been detained in Iraq for...