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Philippines: 'still a total lottery' whether detainees avoid torture in police custody - new report

‘Roulette wheel’ case just one of hundreds where no-one has been brought to justice

Irish government should 'do the right thing' says Amnesty, on eve of UK torture case decision

Amnesty International has repeated its call to the Irish Government to request a re-opening of the landmark European Court of Human Rights 1978 judgement in Ireland v UK involving the tort

Bahrain: activist Maryam Al-Khawaja remains defiant after today's prison sentence

‘This sentence is not going to affect my determination to continue working on human rights issues’ - Maryam Al-Khawaja

Texas, USA: Execution of mentally ill man set for next week

Despite decades of mental illness, Scott Panetti set to be executed at 6pm local time on Wednesday

Colombia: Killings and threats of violence scupper promise of return of stolen lands

Threats and killings, coupled with the weak implementation of flawed legislation, are scuppering the Colombian government’s promise to return millions of hectares of land illegally snatched f

Amnesty response to UK Syrian refugee resettlement figures released today

Amnesty International and other leading charities - including the Refugee Council, Oxfam and Save the Children - have written to Prime Minister David Cameron

Pakistan: 26-year blasphemy sentences for 'contemptuous' wedding programme condemned

Four people at embattled Geo TV given in absentia sentences after Qawaali wedding broadcast