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Hundreds of people languish in arbitrary, illegal and often incommunicado detention in Sri Lanka, vulnerable to torture and extrajudicial execution, despite the end of the country’s long conflict...

Human rights organisations across Ethiopia are being forced to close offices and lay off staff because of a ‘crippling’ law, said Amnesty International today in a new report. Amnesty’s report...

The British government has proposed changes to the jurisdiction of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) which would reverse progress towards access to justice for individuals challenging state...

International forces in Afghanistan need to ensure greater accountability for civilian casualties, Amnesty International said in the wake of the killing of 16 people, among them nine Children's rights...

Decision is ‘travesty of justice’ - Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui The acquittal of an Egyptian military doctor accused of carrying out forced "virginity tests" on Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's...

Uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa: only a half a revolution? Four leading Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights’s human rights activists from the Middle East and North...

‘It is time for the authorities to come clean about who is being held for acts of protest and on what basis’ - Philip Luther A year after the planned "Day of Rage" demonstration in Riyadh, at least...

‘The “virginity tests” trial is a rare opportunity for Egypt’s military to signal that torture by the army does not go unpunished’ - Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui The final session of the trial of an Egyptian...

The arrest of Joseph Kony, a prominent leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), must be carried out in accordance with human rights standards, Amnesty International said today following the massive...

Letter to Peers from Amnesty, Oxfam and CAFOD (PDF) Corporate Responsibility Coalition briefing on the Legal Aid Bill reforms strong> (PDF) Blog post: 'No win, no fee: no fee no case' /li> Changes to...