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Serbia: ban on Belgrade Pride for second year running is 'victory for prejudice'

Today’s decision by Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic to ban Belgrade’s Pride march for the second year in a row is “a victory for prejudice” and puts the country in breach of its own law and...

Mali: armed group that carried out man's extra-judicial execution must face justice

Amnesty International has denounced the extra-judicial execution by firing squad of a man in Mali yesterday as a horrific and illegal act, and the organisation is calling for those responsible to be...

Egypt: Morsi needs to end army and police impunity- two new reports

Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights protesters in particular have been singled out for abuse by the military President Mohamed Morsi should tackle the bloody legacy of police...

Six Bahraini medics arrested day after appeals rejected

The medical staff are considered to be prisoners of conscience Six medical staff - whose prison sentences for their role in last year's pro-reform uprising in Bahrain were upheld yesterday - have been...

New photojournalism category added to Amnesty's young human rights reporter of the year competition

NEW PHOTOJOURNALISM CATEGORY ADDED TO AMNESTY’S YOUNG HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTER OF THE YEAR COMPETITION Amnesty International UK today formally launched the 2013 Young Human Rights Reporter of the Year...

Murder of Maldives MP earlier today condemned

Amnesty International has condemned the murder of an MP in the Maldives, as political turmoil continues to escalate in the country. Dr Afrasheem Ali was stabbed to death outside his home in the...

Bahrain should quash medics' convictions

The convictions of nine health professionals sentenced to prison terms for their role in last year’s pro-democracy uprising in Bahrain must be quashed, Amnesty International has said, responding to a...

New report exposes 'shocking' conditions in California's prison isolation units

More than 500 prisoners kept in isolation for over 10 years Amnesty International has called on the US state of California to end “shocking” conditions in its prison isolation units, as the...

Japan: First woman executed in 15 years amid fears of a new wave of hangings

Fears of a new wave of executions in Japan increased after two death row inmates were hanged earlier today. Sachiko Eto, 65, and Yukinori Matsuda, 39, were hanged this morning in Sendai and Fukuoka...

SWEDEN: Amnesty calls on Swedish authorities to issue assurance it won't extradite Assange to USA

The Swedish authorities should issue assurances to the UK and to Julian Assange that if he leaves Ecuador’s London embassy and agrees to go to Sweden to face sexual assault claims, he will not be...