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Category - Amnesty International

6 Jan 2012

Amnesty condemns Nigerian police shootings

The Nigerian authorities must immediately end excessive use of force against protesters, Amnesty International has said after at least one person was killed in Kwara state during protests over fuel price rises.
28 Dec 2011

Amnesty offers 'moral activity' for school holiday

The Guardian Teacher Network and Secondary School magazine SecEd have joined forces to run the Young Human Rights Reporter of the Year competition.
18 Dec 2011

Amnesty condemns Saudi amputations

Six men facing amputation of their right hands and left feet for 'highway robbery' in Saudi Arabia must have their sentences commuted by the king, Amnesty International has said.
14 Dec 2011

Record number of Palestinians displaced by Israeli demolitions

Israeli authorities have stepped up unlawful demolitions in the West Bank including East Jerusalem over the past year, 20 leading aid and human rights groups say.
2 Dec 2011

African nations urged to arrest former President George W. Bush

Amnesty International has urged the governments of Ethiopia, Tanzania and Zambia to arrest former US President George W. Bush for crimes of torture.
2 Dec 2011

Saudi protesters and reformists targeted in the name of security

The last nine months has seen a new wave of repression in Saudi Arabia as authorities have cracked down on protesters and reformists, Amnesty says.
27 Nov 2011

Yemen power transition tainted by ‘immunity’ deal

A power-transfer agreement that may grant Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh and others immunity from prosecution has been strongly criticised.
21 Nov 2011

Ethiopia using anti-terror law to stifle peaceful dissent

The Ethiopian government should cease using its anti-terrorism law against journalists and peaceful political activists, two major human rights groups say.
21 Nov 2011

End discrimination against Roma, new Italian government told

As discrimination against travellers and gypsies deepens disturbingly across Europe, a leading human rights NGO has spoken out on behalf of Roma in Italy.
19 Nov 2011

Amnesty to document abuses under Egypt's ruling military council

Amnesty International is due to release a new report next week, analysing the situation of Egypt under the interim military regime there.

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