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Saudi Arabia: body in skip case raises fresh concerns about domestic worker safety

Amnesty International has today called on the Saudi Arabian authorities to protect domestic workers from abuse, following the reported discovery of the mutilated body of an Indonesian woman found in a...

Afghanistan: Nato summit must protect human rights-Letter to Nato leaders

Amnesty International is urging NATO leaders to protect human rights and ensure security for the people of Afghanistan as they prepare for the 2010 NATO Lisbon Summit on 18-19 November. The...

Chinese woman sentenced to a year in labour camp over tweet

Amnesty International today urged the Chinese authorities to release a woman sentenced to a year in a labour camp for retweeting a supposedly anti-Japanese message. Chinese online activist Cheng...

Ghailani verdict underlines need for fair trial for all Guantanamo detainees

The USA must ensure all remaining Guantánamo detainees are brought to trial in federal courts - not in military commissions - or are immediately released, Amnesty International said today following...

Shaker Aamer case: Reaction to Hague comments

Responding to reports that the Foreign Secretary William Hague has raised with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton the question of resolving the case of Shaker Aamer, a former UK resident detained...

Amnesty asks students to send message of home to Burmese activists

Amnesty International is asking students across Scotland to add extra cards to their Christmas list this year to support three Burmese activists and others across the globe who have faced human rights...

Iran must end the 'Serial arrests' of lawyers, says Amnesty

Amnesty International today called for the immediate release of three Iranian Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights lawyers, and another two colleagues, detained on Saturday 13...

Azerbaijan urged to release journalist after court revokes charges

Amnesty International is urging the Azerbaijani authorities to release a journalist who, despite a Supreme Court ruling this week revoking fabricated charges against him, remains in prison on a new...

Egypt: Ahmed Shaaban's death in custody must be investigated

Second Alexandria death raises fresh concerns The Egyptian authorities must independently investigate, without delay, allegations that a young man was tortured to death at a police station in...

Guantanamo detainee compensation: Amnesty response

Reacting to news reports that the UK government has agreed to pay compensation to a number of UK citizens and residents who were detained at Guantanamo Bay, Amnesty International’s Director of Europe...