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Diary - 2 March - Activists to stage dramatic 'die-in' in Shoreditch to call for tough arms treaty

On Saturday 2 March at 3.30pm, up to 100 young people from across the UK will take part in a ‘die-in’ in Shoreditch, east London to illustrate the deadly impact of the poorly regulated Arms. They will...

Moroccan journalist faces jail for publishing article on minister's £800 champagne dinner

A Moroccan editor is facing imprisonment on charges of disseminating false information after he ran a story alleging that a senior government official spent almost £800 of public money on a champagne...

Florida set to execute man tomorrow despite lawyer missing key appeal deadline

Paul Howell would be first Florida death row inmate to be executed without a federal judicial review The US state of Florida should halt the execution of a man denied a federal review of his appeal...

Arms: Amnesty calls on MPs to support strong arms treaty with new film

Weeks before crucial talks begin at the United Nations to negotiate an international Arms treaty, Amnesty International has today released a new short film highlighting the need to control the global...

Nigeria: Houses bulldozed, hundreds made homeless in Lagos

Amnesty International has urged the Nigerian authorities to immediately stop the forced eviction of hundreds of residents in the region as hundreds of homes are being demolished in the Oke Ilu-Eri...

Honduras: Authorities must investigate killing of murdered activist's brother

Amnesty International today called upon the Honduran authorities to urgently investigate the killing of Jose Trejo just five months after his brother, a prominent human rights lawyer, was also...

South Sudan: Tensions spiral after security forces clampdown on Wau protests

Tensions are spiralling in South Sudan’s western Bahr El Ghazal state following a series of arrests by the state authorities and a security clampdown that has left 24 dead and more than 60 injured...

Japan hangs three in first executions under 'merciless' Abe government

The sudden execution of three death row inmates is an ominous move from Japan’s new Liberal Democratic government, Amnesty International said today. The executions are the first since the...

Egypt hits 'new low' with move to further restrict NGOs

‘NGOs in Egypt already face staggering restrictions, but this instruction is a new low’ - Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui A move by the Egyptian authorities to prohibit Egyptian NGOs’ contact with foreign...

Palestine demolitions under spotlight at Amnesty event in Belfast

Illegal demolitions of Palestinian homes by Israel will come under the spotlight in Belfast next week at an Amnesty International public meeting. Thousands of Palestinian families have been displaced...