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Fresh call for Louisiana to end 'Angola 3' isolation after 40 years

‘The 40-year isolated incarceration of these two men is scandalous’ - Everette Harvey Thompson In the lead-up to the 40th “anniversary” of the solitary confinement of the “Angola 3” prisoners in the...

Jail sentence for Chinese housing activist Ni Yulan 'completely unacceptable'

A prominent Chinese housing activist jailed today on spurious charges must be released immediately, Amnesty International has said. Ni Yulan, who is disabled, was handed a two-year-and-eight-month...

Delay over hunger-striker Abdulhadi al-Khawaja case could be 'disastrous'

‘We hold the Bahraini authorities responsible for his situation’ - Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui The Bahraini authorities must immediately and unconditionally release a prominent human rights activist whose...

Response to fresh reports of UK's alleged involvement in rendition

Responding to fresh reports of the UK’s alleged involvement in the rendition of several people to Libya, Amnesty International UK Policy Adviser Tara Lyle said: “The allegations are mounting higher...

Libya urged to act 'without further delay' on ICC call for Saif Gaddafi to be handed over

Amnesty International has said that the Libyan authorities must act “without further delay” on yesterday’s call by the International Criminal Court (ICC) ordering Libya to surrender Saif al-Islam al...

Bagram prison transfer deal puts thousands of detainees at torture risk

*US-Afghan prisoner transfer will affect over 3,000 detainees *‘Agreement is all the more worrisome given we are talking about specific and real risks of torture’ - Catherine Baber A deal that will...

Mali: 'On brink of humanitarian disaster' warns Amnesty

• Aid agencies must be allowed safe access to north • Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights and girls face risk of sexual attack and abduction • Armed groups attempt to impose...

USA: vote to repeal death penalty in Connecticut hailed as 'great leadership'

A vote to repeal the death penalty by the US state of Connecticut’s State Senate is a leap forward in the battle to end capital punishment, Amnesty International said today. The vote - by 20 votes to...

'Cloak of secrecy' warning over government's justice and security proposals

As the parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights published a report criticising the government’s proposals in its Justice and Security Green Paper as “inherently unfair”, Amnesty International UK...

Call for release of detained members of Russian punk band 'Pussy Riot'

Three Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights facing ‘hooliganism’ charges are prisoners of conscience Amnesty International has called for the immediate and unconditional release...