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International community fails to protect Darfur - 17 February 2009

The Justice and Equality Movement and the Sudanese government were reported to have struck an agreement on Monday that paves the way for Darfur peace talks.

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.

Video: Call for protection of civilians in DRC - 27 November 2008

Activists are demonstrating around the world to call for urgent and effective protection of civilians in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Action around the world for Democratic Republic of Congo - 27 November 2008

Activists are demonstrating around the world to call for urgent and effective protection of civilians in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights visits Amnesty International - 12 November 2008

The recently appointed UN High Commissioner for Human Rights met representatives of NGOs at a meeting hosted by Amnesty International in London on Tuesday.

UK's highest court to hear key test cases on deportations with assurances - 22 October 2008

The UK’s highest court will begin hearing two important test cases related to human rights and the UK government's counter-terrorism policies on Thursday.

NGOs warn poor countries neglected in financial bail-outs

The below statement was signed by the heads of six international NGOs:

Five jailed in Chile ten years after Pinochet arrest - 16 October 2008

Chile's Supreme Court jailed five retired military officials on Wednesday for involvement in the "Caravan of Death" – one of the cases for which Augu

Video: Tenth anniversary of Pinochet Arrest - 15 October 2008

Brother and sister Jimmy and Myriam Bell, who were schoolchildren in Santiago, Chile, during the 1973 coup, discuss their experiences under the Pinochet regime.

UK House of Lords rejects 42-day detention - 13 October 2008

The House of Lords rejected proposals on Monday that would allow the period of pre-charge detention in terrorism cases to be extended up to 42 days.