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Human trafficking in Scotland - Amnesty giving evidence to Equal Opportunities Committee

Amnesty International is today giving evidence on human trafficking to the Scottish Parliament's Equal Opportunities Committee. In written evidence submitted ahead of the session , Amnesty has drawn...

Libya: NATO accused of failing to investigate civilian deaths from airstrikes - new report

Findings published exactly one year on from first airstrike operations NATO has failed to investigate the killing of scores of civilians in its airstrikes in Libya, Amnesty International said today...

Cuba: New Amnesty report reveals sharp rise in attacks against activists and journalists

Amnesty International today launched a new report revealing a huge jump in harassment and detention of political dissidents, human rights activists, journalists and bloggers across Cuba over the past...

Tanzania must end red ribbon 'stigmatisation' of HIV schoolChildren's rights

‘Stigmatising them in this manner and leaving them open to abuse is deeply misguided’ - Michael Bochenek Amnesty International has called for an end to the stigmatisation of those with HIV in Tanzania...

Former Libyan intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi must be sent to the ICC

Former Libyan intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi must be sent to the International Criminal Court to face charges of crimes against humanity, Amnesty International said following reports of his...

Bosnia: No justice for Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights survivors of wartime rape

The government of Bosnia and Herzegovina must honour its 2010 commitment to ensure justice, truth and reparation for hundreds of survivors of wartime sexual violence, Amnesty International demanded in...

Belarus must release bodies of men executed over Minsk metro bombing

‘The Belarusian authorities must release the bodies to the families’ - John Dalhuisen The execution of two men convicted of carrying out a deadly metro bombing last year in Minsk has been condemned by...

Azerbaijan: Secret sex video used to smear investigative reporter

A smear campaign against an Azeri investigative journalist must be investigated after an intimate video recording appeared online, Amnesty International said. Radio Free Europe reporter Khadija...

Iraqi authorities should 'unequivocally condemn' emo attacks

Investigation needed, say three leading human rights groups Two members of heavy metal band reportedly killed because of appearance The Iraqi government should immediately investigate and bring to...

George Clooney's arrest highlights continued bombing and restrictions on humanitarian aid in Sudan

George Clooney was one of several arrested as part of a demonstration involving Amnesty International and other non-governmental organisations outside the Sudanese embassy in Washington DC to call for...