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Egypt: Military urged to respect rights of protesters

* Authorities must restore internet * Amnesty experts currently in Egypt available for further comment Amnesty International is urging the Egyptian military to respect the rights of protesters as...

Egypt: Response to today's violence and army inaction

In response to today’s violence in Egypt, Amnesty International Middle East and North Africa Deputy Director Hassiba Hadj-Sahraoui said: "The army has failed in its commitment to protect peaceful...

Egypt: Crackdown on Al Jazeera and other media condemned

Amnesty International has condemned the Egyptian government’s continuing crackdown on freedom of expression after six Al Jazeera journalists were briefly detained by the military and their Cairo...

Egypt: Military must respect rights of protestors

Amnesty International is urging the Egyptian military to respect the rights of protesters as Cairo demonstrators held their biggest protest yet amid ongoing nationwide unrest. The organisation is also...

Sudan urged to end protest crackdown

Amnesty International has called on the Sudanese government to end its crackdown on freedom of expression following the arrest of at least 70 people at demonstrations inspired by those in Tunisia...

Annie Lennox and EQUALS launch the Big Inequality Debate

Annie Lennox and the EQUALS partnership of charities invite you to Join the Big Inequality Debate and celebrate the 100th anniversary of International Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights...

Israel: Jailing of Palestinian activist Ameer Makhoul a 'disturbing development'

Amnesty International has urged the Israeli authorities to end their harassment of Palestinian human rights activists after a well-known campaigner in Haifa was jailed for nine years and given an...

Amnesty appalled by major parties' approval of policy that could expose more people to risk of torture

Amnesty International has condemned the recommendation of the UK counter-terrorism review that supports and seeks to extend the use of diplomatic assurances to return people to countries where they...

Egypt: Authorities must rein in security forces

* Detained protestors tell Amnesty of beatings * Amnesty experts available to talk about the unfolding situation in Egypt Amnesty International has urged the Egyptian authorities to rein in security...

Ghana: Thousands of railway dwellers at risk of eviction

Amnesty International has urged the Ghanaian authorities to halt the eviction of thousands of people living next to railway lines in the capital, Accra amid new fears that they are facing imminent...