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Russia must drop charges against art exhibition organisers

Amnesty International and ARTICLE 19 are urging the Russian authorities to drop the charges against the organisers of Forbidden Art 2006, an exhibition which featured Soviet and post-Soviet art works...

Russia: Igor Sutyagin must not be forced into exile

Amnesty International has said any deal over the release of a nuclear scientist, Igor Sutyagin, which requires him to leave Russia against his wishes will amount to forcible exile, which is prohibited...

Cuba urged to immediately release all prisoners of conscience

Amnesty International calls on the Cuban government to immediately free all prisoners of conscience, after authorities yesterday said 52 prisoners will be released. Five of the 52 detainees, whose...

Northern Ireland child abuse victims have waited too long for justice

Amnesty International will today join with victims and survivors of institutional child abuse in order to hand over a letter to Northern Ireland's First Minister and Deputy First Minister, calling for...

Peru: British missionary defending Amazon tribes in Peru must not be deported

Amnesty International has called on the Peruvian government to revoke its decision to expel a British catholic activist, who received an MBE from the Queen for his work. He has spent the past ten...

UK: Decision on Gay Asylum Seekers is to be applauded and is long overdue

In response to the announcement regarding gay asylum seekers’ right to remain, Kate Allen, Amnesty International UK’s Director, said: “Around the globe lesbians, gay men, bisexual and transgender...

Zimbabwe diamond fields activist detained for exposing human rights abuses to Kimberley Process monitor

Amnesty International is calling on the Zimbabwean government to release an activist who is being detained after he exposed human rights violations in the country’s Marange diamond fields. Farai...

Amnesty challenges OFMDM on public assemblies bill

Amnesty International has written to Northern Ireland’s First and Deputy First Minister outlining concerns over the proposed new legislation regulating parades and public assembly: The Public...

Imprisoned Azerbaijani journalist faces new jail term on 'fabricated' drugs charges

Amnesty International has condemned the sentencing of imprisoned Azerbaijani journalist Eynulla Fatullayev to two and a half years for possession of drugs, charges the organisation believes to have...

Kenya: Fear of attack leaves Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights prisoners in their homes

Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights and girls in Nairobi’s slums live under the constant threat of sexual violence, leaving them often too scared to leave their houses to use...