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First Lady’ video campaign on Asma al-Assad in Syria also launched Ahead of International Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights’s Rights Day (8 March) Amnesty International has...
Maldives police and military forces responded with excessive force against a peaceful rally backing the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) today, said Amnesty International. At least six protesters were...
Following the decision to delay today’s appeal hearing of Jean-Claude Roger Mbede, Amnesty International reiterated its call to the Cameroonian government to repeal all laws criminalising consensual...
35 OF THE WORLD’S MOST TALENTED ENTERTAINERS STAND UP FOR FREE SPEECH Amnesty International today announced its line-up of 35 of the world’s most talented comedians and musicians who will stand up for...
Reacting to the news that Indian government officials are considering a boycott of the opening and closing ceremonies of the London 2012 Games in protest at the sponsorship of the stadium wrap by Dow...
The Moldovan government should reverse a move by four local councils effectively to ban outright demonstrations by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people, Amnesty...
The victor in Russia’s presidential elections on 4 March must place human rights at the heart of their political agenda, Amnesty International said. During the past few weeks, all the presidential...
The Pakistan Government has failed to protect religious minorities from systematic campaigns of violence and vilification, Amnesty International said today on the first anniversary of the...
Commenting ahead of today's Scottish Government debate on Climate Justice, Shabnum Mustapha, Programme Director of Amnesty in Scotland, said: "Whilst Amnesty welcomes the First Minister's recent...
Blogger sentenced to four and a half years in prison, followed by 10 years in 'internal exile' Iran’s crackdown on freedom of expression has dramatically escalated in the run up to this week’s...