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Category - Amnesty International

25 Feb 2014

Report highlights need for Sri Lanka war crimes enquiry

Calls have been renewed for an international investigation into human rights violations and war crimes in Sri Lanka
22 Feb 2014

Appeal to Ugandan president to veto 'vicious' anti-gay law

With just a day to go, President Museveni must veto the vicious Anti-Homosexuality Bill in Uganda, say human rights activists.
20 Feb 2014

Police should stop 'fanning the flames' in Ukraine, says Amnesty

Amnesty International has called on the Ukrainian authorities to respond to any protester violence in a targeted and proportionate manner.
18 Feb 2014

Northern Ireland clerical abuse body undermined by Church, says Amnesty

Amnesty has expressed concern that the Catholic Church body auditing internal child protection practice in Northern Ireland is having its work undermined and its funding cut.
17 Feb 2014

Carnage in northern Nigeria is 'crime against humanity'

Attacks by Islamist armed groups that have killed more than 200 people in recent weeks in northern Nigeria.
16 Feb 2014

Muslim girl found after another terrible CAR massacre

An 11 year old Muslim girl has been found isolated in a village west of Bangui following a massacre six days ago.
14 Feb 2014

Fears of violent crackdown during Bahrain anniversary protests

Amnesty International has expressed concern that the Bahraini authorities will use violence to quash demonstrations on the third anniversary of the uprising.
4 Feb 2014

Civil society activist arrested ahead of start of Sochi Olympics

As the start of the Sochi Winter Olympics comes closer, harassment against civil society activists has intensified.
26 Jan 2014

Call for investigation of horrific gang rape in India

The alleged horrific gang rape of a 20 year-old adivasi woman in Birbhum, West Bengal, must be investigated immediately, says Amnesty.
24 Jan 2014

Repression intensifies in Egypt three years on from uprising

The Egyptian authorities are using every resource at their disposal to quash dissent and trample on human rights, says Amnesty.

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