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Tunisia: one year after Ben Ali, human rights reform still needed

Tunisia's interim government is yet to deliver the comprehensive human rights reform that protesters were calling for a year ago, Amnesty International said today. A year after former President Zine...

Saudi Arabia: Shi'a protester death must be investigated

The Saudi Arabian authorities should launch an independent investigation into the death of a Shi’a protester who was killed during a demonstration in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province. Issam Muhammad...

Abu Dhabi: First Minister trade visit is opportunity to raise human rights

Ahead of next week's visit by Scotland's First Minister to Abu Dhabi, Amnesty International has called on Mr Salmond to stand by his election pledge that 'Scotland stands for human rights' and not let...

Announcement on prosecutions underlines detainee inquiry's 'paramount importance'

Responding to today’s announcement from the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Metropolitan Police Service that the Crown Prosecution Service will not be charging identified individuals employed...

Guantanamo: 'Toxic rule of law', Amnesty tells US Consul General in Belfast

The failure of the US government to close the detention facility at Guantánamo Bay is leaving a toxic legacy for human rights, Amnesty International said on the tenth “anniversary” (11 January 2011)...

Guantanamo: 'toxic legacy' for human rights slammed - new report

*Former UK resident Shaker Aamer is one of 171 still at camp - new letter to Hillary Clinton demands fair trial or release The failure of the US government to close the detention facility at...

Israel's new detention law violates rights of asylum-seekers

A new Israeli law allowing for the automatic and lengthy detention of asylum-seekers flies in the face of international law, Amnesty International has said. Yesterday the Israeli parliament passed the...

Middle East protest movements 'have proved astonishingly resilient' - Report summarises historic year

Warning over ‘cosmetic’ changes or ‘brutalising’ tactics Repression and state violence is likely to continue to plague the Middle East and North Africa in 2012 unless governments in the region and...

Yemeni parliament should reject amnesty law granting immunity to President Saleh

‘This is a smack in the face for justice’ - Philip Luther Amnesty International has urged the Yemeni parliament to reject a draft law granting President Ali Abdullah Saleh and his aides immunity from...

Ukraine: Amnesty calls for fresh investigation into student death in custody after officers walk free

The Ukrainian authorities must launch a fresh investigation into the death in custody of a student, Amnesty International said after two police officers suspected of responsibility for his death...