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Oxford-based playwright and teacher Julian Armitstead has been announced as the winner of the second annual Protect the Human playwriting competition, which is part of celebrations marking the 60th...

On the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond has today (10th Dec) welcomed the production of the first Scots...

Rights defenders need international protection With three human rights defenders abducted in less than one week by people suspected of working on behalf of the Zimbabwean authorities, Amnesty...

Amnesty International today revealed that over 90% of secondary schools across Northern Ireland are all set to join in ‘Our Rights’ Birthday celebrations this year. The celebrations are designed to...

To mark the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) on 10th December 2008, Amnesty International has produced a commemorative poster of the UDHR in Scots...

Amnesty International is calling on governments to make the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) a time for action not just for celebration. Amnesty International UK...

To mark the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on 10 December, Amnesty International and its members around the world will be holding events, launching new books and films...

Ninety two states signed the Convention on Cluster Munitions - which bans the production, stockpiling, use and export of cluster bombs during a ceremony in Oslo on Wednesday. Further signatories are...

Amnesty International UK (AIUK) and Scottish Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights’s Aid (SWA) will bring over 100 Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights and...

Torturers sing songs while they torture Mauritania is routinely and systematically torturing detainees, said Amnesty International today, as it published a scathing new report denouncing numerous...