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Gambia: End cover-up of disappeared journalist's whereabouts or fate

Amnesty International today called on the government of Gambia to end the cover-up on the whereabouts or fate of the Gambian journalist Ebrima Manneh, who has been subjected to enforced disappearance...

Malaysia: Police use brutal tactics against peaceful protestors

The UK government must press Malaysia’s Prime Minister on freedom of assembly during his visit this week, Amnesty International said today, after peaceful protesters in Kuala Lumpur were met with...

Nigeria: Authorities should commute actress Rabi Ismail's death sentence

The Nigerian authorities must commute all death sentences and impose an official moratorium on executions, Amnesty International said today, following the confirmation of a death sentence by the...

Malaysia: Amnesty International condemns the arrest of peaceful protestors

Malaysian authorities responded to a peaceful rally for electoral reform in Kuala Lumpur today (Saturday) with mass arrests and excessive use of force, Amnesty International said today. At least 924...

Senegal: Authorities must not return former Chadian president to Chad

Amnesty International has urged the Senegalese authorities not to return former Chadian president Hissène Habré to Chad where he has been sentenced to death in absentia. Senegalese officials have said...

Sudan: China, Russia and USA provided weapons or military training for bloody conflict

UN member states must act to control arms shipments to volatile regions like Sudan’s Southern Kordofan, Amnesty International said today ahead of a week of talks on a global Arms Treaty. China, Russia...

Response to legal rulings on UK responsibility on deaths and detentions in Iraq

Following two landmark judgments from the European Court of Human Rights yesterday, Amnesty International is once again calling on the UK authorities to act decisively to ensure accountability for...

UK: Ill-trained, dangerous and unaccountable- Amnesty calls for complete overhaul of enforced removals by private security companies

The UK Government must conduct a complete and radical overhaul of the current system of enforced removals from the UK, according to a new briefing and campaign launched today (7 July) by Amnesty In

Northern Ireland: Amnesty highlights 'serious failings' in immigration removals as new Larne centre - to be operated by private security company named in report - opens its doors

The UK Government must conduct a complete and radical overhaul of the current system of enforced removals from the UK, according to a new briefing and campaign launched today (7 July) by Amnesty...

Tajikistan: Detained BBC journalist may have suffered torture

Reporter Urunboy Usmonov named prisoner of conscience The Tajikistani authorities must immediately release a BBC journalist who has been held - apparently solely for his work - since mid-June, said...