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The Amnesty International annual report looks at human rights violations in 159 separate countries and territories around the world.

It is the most comprehensive analysis of the state of human rights published every year.

The state of the world's human rights

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‘Abd al Rahim Hussayn Muhammed al-Nashiri has been detained in Guantánamo since 2006.

He faces an unfair trial by military commission, with the death penalty as an option.

No death penalty for Guantánamo detainee al-Nashiri

Amnesty global report says Syria failed by international community

The international community is failing millions of people forced to flee their homes by conflict, particularly in Syria, Amnesty International said today as it launched its annual review of the state of the world’s human rights (23 May).

Fears for safety of human rights lawyer abducted in Syria

A prominent Syrian human rights lawyer who went missing this weekend after an apparent abduction is at grave risk of abuse, Amnesty International has said.

Saudi Arabia: Five beheaded and ‘crucified’ amid ‘disturbing’ rise in executions

Saudi Arabia must halt a “disturbing” rise in executions that has resulted in at least 47 state killings already this year, Amnesty International urged after six more people were executed today.

Italy: Supreme Court strikes down anti Roma law

Italy’s Supreme Court today declared the so-called “Nomad emergency” unlawful and unfounded, a move Amnesty International has hailed as a key victory in the struggle to end discrimination against Roma communities around the country.

USA: Maryland joins global trend against the death penalty

The US state of Maryland has joined the overwhelming global trend towards ending the death penalty, Amnesty International said today after Governor Martin O’Malley signed the abolition of capital punishment into law.

World agrees first global Arms Trade Treaty

Today, governments at the United Nations almost unanimously adopted an Arms Trade Treaty.

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Demand end to targeting of journalists in Syrian conflict

Syria is currently the deadliest country in the world for journalists. Professional media workers and “citizen journalists” have suffered the very abuses they have documented in Syria’s bitter civil war by both pro-government and anti-government forces.