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Slovakia: Roma Children's rights segregated and get substandard education-New report

Amnesty International is urging the Slovak government to immediately end the segregation of Romani Children's rights in the country’s education system. In a new report - Steps To End Segregation In...

Bosnia and Herzegovina must reject Burqa ban

Amnesty International is urging the Parliament of Bosnia and Herzegovina to reject a draft law prohibiting wearing in public clothes which prevent identification set to be debated tomorrow. Amnesty...

Gruffalo author launches Amnesty's new primary resource

The author of the iconic Children's rights’s book the Gruffalo was on hand earlier today to help Amnesty International launch two new education resources at the Scottish Storytelling Centre in...

Mexico: Amnesty welcomes the release of prisoner of conscience Raul Hernandez

Amnesty International welcomes the release of prisoner of conscience Raúl Hernández who was imprisoned for more than two years in Guerrero state, southern Mexico on fabricated criminal charges...

Rwanda: 'Living in fear of saying the wrong thing'

New Amnesty report criticises vague Rwanda laws Amnesty International has today [31 August] urged Rwanda’s new government to review its vague laws of ‘genocide ideology’ and ‘sectarianism’ which can...

Zimbabwe: Armed police torch homes of 250 people in Harare

Amnesty International has called on the Government of Zimbabwe to protect some 250 people who were forcibly evicted before their homes and most of their possessions were set alight during a night raid...

Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): Mass rape highlights failures in protection and justice

Amnesty International is appalled at the latest reports of the mass rape and other sexual violence committed in the Walikale region of North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) between 30 July...

Desmond Tutu lends a hand to Aung San Suu Kyi

Tutu writes the detained Burmese leader’s name on his hand and adds his photograph to Amnesty’s campaign to free Burma’s political prisoners Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Chair of The Elders, has given his...

France urged to end stigmatisation of Roma and travellers

Amnesty International today expressed deep concern about recent statements and measures taken by the French authorities that appear to target Roma and Travellers. The organisation is troubled that...

Kenya: Refusal to arrest Sudanese president is 'regrettable'

Amnesty International has criticised the Kenyan government for its failure to arrest Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir during his visit to the country to join celebrations ushering in Kenya’s new...