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United Kingdom: Briefing to the UN Committee Against Torture
24 April 2013

This briefing summarizes Amnesty International's current concerns about the UK's failure to comply with some of its obligations under the UN Convention against ...

Report       EUR 45/002/2013

Major powers fuelling atrocities: Why the world needs a robust ...
12 March 2013

Every year, thousands of people are killed, injured, raped and forced to flee from their homes as a result of abuses and atrocities committed with conventional ...

Document       ACT 30/001/2013

The 'big five' in Arms Trade Treaty negotiations
11 March 2013

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. MEDIA BRIEFING. 11 March 2013 AI Index: ACT 30/017/2013. The 'big five' in Arms Trade Treaty negotiations. ...

PressItem       ACT 30/017/2013

United Kingdom: Judgment of the European Court of Human Rights ...
16 January 2013

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. Public statement. AI index: EUR 45/001/2013. 16 January 2013. United Kingdom: Judgment of the European Court ...

Public Statement       EUR 45/001/2013

European Court finds British Airways discriminated against ...
15 January 2013

Nadia Eweida, a Coptic Christian, took her case to the Court after the airline stopped her from wearing a visible crucifix at work.

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UK arrest highlights Nepal's failure to address torture | Amnesty ...
4 January 2013

A former Nepali miliary colonel has been arrested in the UK on allegations of torture, in a welcome example of universal jurisication being used to further accountability ...

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UK ordered to continue moratorium on detainee transfers in ...
2 November 2012

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC STATEMENT Index: ASA 11/020/2012 2 November 2012. UK ordered to continue moratorium on detainee transfers in Afghanistan. ...

Public Statement       ASA 11/020/2012

UK: New report slams secret justice ahead of debate on ...
15 October 2012

A new Amnesty International report slams the UK government's plans for a substantial extension of the use of secret evidence in the justice system.

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United Kingdom: Left in the dark: The use of secret evidence in ...
15 October 2012

Over the past decade, there has been an ever increasing reliance on secret evidence by the UK government in the name of national security. Amnesty International ...

Report       EUR 45/014/2012

Côte d'Ivoire: The toxic truth: About a company called Trafigura ...
25 September 2012

On 20 August, 2006 people of Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, woke to find that foul-smelling, toxic waste had been dumped in their city. This report follows a three-year ...

Report       AFR 31/002/2012