Category - Amnesty International

Keeping an eye on China

Giles Fraser — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:39:53 +0000

Mao Zedong died in 1976, and since then, two big things have happened to China, says Giles Fraser. The first is the explosion of the economy. The other is the explosion of religion - and, sometimes, its suppression.

Campaigners to back International Day in Support of Torture Victims

staff writers — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:25:03 +0000

Campaigners are being urged to mark tomorrow's International Day in Support of Torture Victims. It comes as Amnesty International publishes a new report on the complicity of European government's in US rendition.

Amnesty accuses European governments on 'rendition' and secret detention

agency reporter — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:47:56 +0000

Amnesty International has today accused European governments of complicity and inaction over US-led rendition and secret detention, as it published a new report on European renditions and a 'Six-point Plan' for their prevention.

Governments must apologise and act after sixty years of human rights failure says Amnesty

agency reporter — Thu, 29 May 2008 12:40:47 +0000

Amnesty International has challenged world leaders to apologize for six decades of human rights failure and re-commit themselves to deliver concrete improvements.

Amnesty International's Stop Torture: Protect the Human campaign

staff writers — Wed, 28 May 2008 13:35:26 +0000

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No truck with torture

Simon Barrow — Tue, 27 May 2008 23:08:24 +0000

Amnesty is renewing its efforts to build an international consensus against torture.

Amnesty launches campaign against stoning in Iran

staff writers — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:06:56 +0000

The global human rights group Amnesty International has called on the government of Iran to immediately abolish the "grotesque and horrific" practice of publicly stoning people to death.

Pope will meet Saudi monarch for the first time next week

staff writers — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 06:41:02 +0000

Christian-Muslim relations and the rights of the minority Christian community are among the likely discussion points when Pope Benedict XVI meets with Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah next week - after his controversial UK state visit.

Amnesty, abortion and the abuse of women

Amnesty International — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:59:32 +0000

There is a continuing row between Amnesty International and the Vatican over access to abortion by women who have been abused and raped. Here AI explains its policy and contests representations of it by some critics and campaigners.

Britain 'ignoring' millions of Iraqi refugees

staff writers — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 08:12:08 +0000

Britain has been accused of ignoring the plight of millions of refugees fleeing the violence in Iraq. A report by Amnesty International has said it was "staggering" that the UK had forcibly returned more refugees to Iraq than any other European nation.