January 2005

Posted: 31 Jan 2005

"Bail conditions are obviously likely to be better than detention without trial but they are still likely to fall a long way short of fairness and basic human rights standards." Posted: 31 Jan 2005

Posted: 31 Jan 2005

Posted: 31 Jan 2005

Posted: 31 Jan 2005

Posted: 31 Jan 2005

Amnesty International is calling on the Sudanese government to charge or release immediately four Darfurian men who are being held in a make-shift hole in the ground in the village of Marla, South Darfur state, Sudan. Posted: 28 Jan 2005

Posted: 28 Jan 2005

Posted: 28 Jan 2005

Posted: 28 Jan 2005

Posted: 28 Jan 2005

Almost three years after the violence which left more than 2,000 people dead in Gujarat, India, hundreds of women and girls who were raped, gang-raped, and in many cases slashed or burned to death, have not received justice and the perpetrators of those crimes walk free, said Amnesty International in a new report published today (27 January). Posted: 27 Jan 2005

Posted: 27 Jan 2005

Today's proposals from UK Home Secretary Charles Clarke fall short of the government's obligations under human rights law, Amnesty International said today (26 January 2005). Posted: 26 Jan 2005

Reacting to news that four British men will return to the UK later today after detention at Guantánamo Bay, Amnesty International called for an end to all illegal detentions at Guantánamo Bay (25 January 2005). Posted: 25 Jan 2005

Posted: 25 Jan 2005

Amnesty International UK has welcomed the decision of a court in the USA to overturn the conviction of Kenny Richey, a Scottish man on death row in Ohio. The organisation is now calling for Mr Richey to be released as soon as possible. Posted: 25 Jan 2005

The New Year has arrived for human rights defenders in Guatemala with renewed attacks from clandestine groups and organised crime aiming to intimidate and sabotage human rights work. Posted: 24 Jan 2005

As the Council of Europe's Parliament meets this week to give its formal Opinion on the draft European Convention against Trafficking in Human Beings, Amnesty International and Anti-Slavery International are calling on the parliamentarians to ensure that the human rights of trafficked persons are fully protected. Posted: 24 Jan 2005

In a letter to the new President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko, Amnesty International has urged him to make full use of his first presidency to urgently improve human rights in Ukraine. Posted: 24 Jan 2005