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Saudi Arabia: Amnesty urges king to stop execution of Sri Lankan domestic worker

Amnesty International has called on the King of Saudi Arabia to halt the execution of a young Sri Lankan woman who has lost her appeal against a death sentence for a murder committed when allegedly...

Arizona execution: Need to investigate UK's supply of lethal injection drug

Responding to reports that a UK company supplied the drug used as part of the lethal injection in the execution earlier today of Jeffrey Landrigan, a prisoner in the state of Arizona in the United...

Tariq Aziz should not be executed

Amnesty International today called on the Iraqi authorities not to execute former Iraqi Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz and two other former officials sentenced to death by a Baghdad court. Tariq Aziz...

USA: Violations in Omar Khadr case must be addressed

“The fact that the military commission system falls short of international fair trial standards is not changed by a plea deal being reached in Omar Khadr’s case” - Rob Freer Amnesty International has...

USA must investigate detainee abuse claims in Wikileaks files

Amnesty International today called on the USA to investigate how much US officials knew about the torture and other ill-treatment of detainees held by Iraqi security forces after new evidence emerged...

India: government decision to reject Vedanta refinery expansion welcomed

Amnesty International has welcomed the Indian government's decision to reject plans for the expansion of an alumina refinery by a subsidiary of UK-based Vedanta Resources, in the state of Orissa...

Russia: Moscow's mayor urged to protect freedom of assembly

Amnesty International is calling on the new mayor of Moscow, Sergei Sobyanin, to protect the right to peaceful assembly after the European Court of Human Rights ruled that the city's recent banning of...

Amnesty call for investigation into Strathclyde taser pilot

Amnesty International has today [Thursday 21st October] called on the Scottish Government and the Strathclyde Police Authority to provide a thorough evaluation, including the role of Scottish...

Amnesty International event launches new book

Edinburgh – celebration of incredible life of Polish author On Wednesday 27th October, Amnesty International and Sandstone Press will launch ‘The Long Bridge’ by Urszula Muskus, an autobiographical...

Cote d'Ivoire: thousands still waiting to receive compensation over toxic waste dumping

More than one year after reaching an out-of-court settlement with the oil-trading company Trafigura over waste dumping in Côte d’Ivoire thousands of victims are still waiting to receive their...