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The use, production and transfer of cluster munitions were banned.

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi named Amnesty International's Ambassador of Conscience - 28 July 2009

Burmese opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has been awarded the 2009 Amnesty International Ambassador of Conscience award.

Belfast Roma attacks highlight European racism issue - 17 June 2009

The latest spate of racist attacks on over 100 Romanian people in Northern Ireland is part of a growing trend of discrimination against Roma people across Europe, Am

Ireland's offer to accept Guantánamo detainees must be matched - 20 March 2009

Amnesty International has called on other European governments to follow Ireland's lead in offering to accept a small number of Guantánamo detainees who the U

Twenty years on, still no inquiry into Patrick Finucane's death - 11 February 2009

The prominent civil rights lawyer, was shot dead in front of his wife and children at his home in Belfast, Northern Ireland on 12 February 1989.

French detention centre highlights mistreatment of migrants - 18 December 2008

On International Migrants Day, new footage reveals the appalling state of a French detention centre for irregular migrants off the coast of Africa and shows how Europe

Video: Worldwide actions to close Guantánamo - 18 January 2008

Thousands of people, including Amnesty International members and supporters from around the world, have taken action to mark the sixth anniversary of the first transfe

The world shouts 'Close Guantánamo' - 16 January 2008

Thousands join worldwide protests marking the sixth anniversary of the first transfers of detainees to Guantánamo on 11 January.