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MACEDONIA: No Peace without justice

Since February this year both the Macedonian forces and the armed opposition group, the National Liberation Army (NLA), have been responsible for indiscriminate killings of unarmed civilians...

COLOMBIA: New Security Law - a further blanket of security to human rights violators

The new legislation grants the security forces judicial police powers in certain circumstances, and restricts the ability of the Procurator General's Office (Procuraduría General de la Nación) to...

USA: Texas Governor petitioned to prevent Beazley execution as time runs out

Though the matter is still before the Supreme Court and other decision-making bodies, Governor Perry is being asked to call upon the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles to reconsider its recent...

IRAQ: Stop the torture

In a report published today - Iraq: Systematic torture of political prisoners - the organisation paints a grim picture of routine torture, whereby horrendous physical and psychological suffering is...

CHINA: Hundreds of North Koreans forced back across the border

'Those detained in the crackdown are being denied access to any refugee determination procedure and pushed back over the border to meet an uncertain fate. This could include imprisonment, torture and...

USA: Bush should stop execution of Napoleon Beazley

President Bush, currently holidaying in Texas, is being urged by the organisation to intervene to prevent an execution which is forbidden under international law and now unknown in nearly every other...

SAUDI ARABIA: Televised 'confessions' prejudice fair trial

Amnesty International also said that three, who have been identified in a Saudi Press Agency report as Jamie Patrick Leigh, James Cuttle and Les Walker, should be granted full access to lawyers and...

Macedonia: Amnesty International appeals to all parties to protect civilian populations

Since the announcement, there have been daily reports of violations, including extrajudicial killings, by the Macedonian police forces, while the ethnic Albanian National Liberation Army (NLA) has...

INDIA: Police brutality in West Bengal

'Police are being urged to use whatever means necessary to deal with crime and are often allowed to use torture as a substitute for investigations, while action is rarely taken against the...

ISRAEL/OT/PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY: Amnesty International condemns killing of civilians

After the attack another armed group, Hamas, announced that there would be more such suicide attacks in the future. A spokesperson for the Israeli Government said that there would be a response to...