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UNCHR: Permanent open door for human rights experts

'Thematic experts were introduced to tackle grave human rights violations such as torture, 'disappearances', and violence against Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights, yet they...

LIBERIA: Journalists under threat again

'The Liberian authorities have a track record of silencing critics. Journalists and human rights defenders are frequently arrested, ill-treated, charged with criminal offences, threatened or forced...

INDONESIA: Political crisis deepens in Jakarta while repression continues in Aceh and Papua

'While all eyes are turned towards Jakarta, the Indonesian security forces are intensifying their repressive approach in Aceh, and peaceful political activists in Papua are being silenced behind...

BANGLADESH: Human rights defenders join forces

Around 50 defenders working on a wide spectrum of rights, from civil and political rights to economic, social and cultural rights, are expected to attend the workshop. While the groups involved in the...

BAHRAIN: Promising Human rights reform must continue

The last two months have seen extraordinary developments in the human rights field, including the release of all political prisoners and detainees, the abolition of the 1974 Decree on State Security...

CZECH REPUBLIC: Police brutality should be firmly addressed

'The findings of the investigations are illustrative of a pattern of police abuses reported in previous years by the organization when law enforcement officers violated the rights of those engaged in...

TOGO: Will perpetrators be brought to justice?

Without prejudging the mandate and terms of reference of this national commission, Amnesty International calls on the Togolese authorities to ensure that any such judicial investigation is conducted...

PINOCHET: CHILEAN APPEALS COURT DECISION

Responding to reports of this afternoon's ruling by the Chilean Appeals Court that Augusto Pinochet must stand trial on human rights charges, Amnesty International offered a cautious welcome. Amnesty...

MEXICO: time to turn promises on human rights into action

Mr Sané will be leading a delegation of Amnesty International representatives visiting Mexico City between 13 and 16 March. The delegation has requested to meet with President Vicente Fox Quesada and...

USA: Serious allegations of racism and injustice in Nevada death penalty case

Convicted in 1982 for the murder of David Kinnamon in Las Vegas in 1980, Thomas Nevius has been on death row in Nevada for nearly two decades. Amnesty International's report highlights several...