Amnesty International - International Secretariat
Amnesty International is a worldwide campaigning movement that works to promote all the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international standards.
Primary web addresses
http://www.amnesty.org/
Email
amnestyis@amnesty.org
Main Address
1 Easton St
London
WC1X 0DW
London
WC1X 0DW
Country
United Kingdom
Main Telephone
44 (0)20 7413 5500
Joined OneWorld
08/25/1998
Features
06/24/2008
European governments are dodging the truth about the U.S. practice of kidnapping and illegally sending terrorism suspects for interrogation in countries with a reputation for torture, a leading rights group says in a new report.
Read moreRelated: [Europe] [United States] [International Cooperation] [Human Rights] [Codes of Conduct] [Corruption & Transparency] [Geopolitics] [Governance] [Justice and Crime] [Terrorism]
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06/13/2008
The UK's House of Commons voted this Wednesday to extend the period for which terrorist suspects can be jailed without charge from four to six weeks, in what human rights advocates warn is an erosion of civil liberties.
Read moreRelated: [United Kingdom] [Human Rights] [Justice and Crime] [Law] [Terrorism]
06/06/2008
The Wednesday detention of Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has elicited strong criticism from human rights advocates who warn it is part of "a sudden, sharp and dangerous crackdown on political opposition in the run-up to the elections."
Read moreRelated: [Zimbabwe] [Human Rights] [Freedom of Expression] [Activism] [Democracy] [Governance] [Justice and Crime]



