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9 May 2013

Human rights concerns ahead of elections in Equatorial Guinea

Serious human rights violations and denial of fundamental freedoms in Equatorial Guinea are casting a shadow over forthcoming elections, say human rights groups.
3 Apr 2013

Arms Trade Treaty 'could legitimise arms sales', say campaigners

Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) has described the arms trade treaty agreed at the United Nations yesterday (2 April) as ineffective.
27 Mar 2013

Secret courts vote 'a terrible day for British justice', says Amnesty

Amnesty International has called yesterday's vote in the Lords which approved the government's controversial Justice and Security Bill "a terrible day for British Justice".
10 May 2012

Secrecy Bill is 'sell-out' to security forces says Amnesty

Amnesty International has condemned an announcement in the Queen’s Speech that the government will bring forward a Bill to allow new secret justice measures.
8 May 2012

Romanian authorities leaving vulnerable families homeless says Amnesty

Romania must close the legal loopholes that affect the housing of some of the country’s most marginalised groups, Amnesty International has said in a new briefing.
21 Feb 2012

UK company attacked over Jerusalem playground demolition

Campaigners have attacked UK construction equipment company JCB after Israelis used its bulldozers to destroy a children’s playground in the Palestinian town of Silwan
31 Jan 2012

Amnesty criticises UK export of tear gas to Bahrain

Amnesty International has criticised the UK’s decision to export tear gas to Bahrain where multiple deaths have been caused as a result of its use by security forces.
24 Aug 2011

UN human rights body orders inquiry into Syrian violence

The top United Nations human rights body has called for an immediate end to all violence in Syria and announced an independent international commission of inquiry.
23 May 2011

Amnesty calls for justice for those killed in Jamaican police operation

Amnesty International says the Jamaican authorities must bring to justice those responsible for human rights violations during the police operation in Tivoli Gardens last year

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