The tour will start with a Public Rally in London on Tuesday 18 June 2002, and will proceed to Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, Germany, Spain, the USA and Canada. 'While the political debate rages about...

The trial into the massacre of 19 land activists six years ago saw the prosecutions of a Colonel, two Majors, one Captain, four lieutenants, 11 sergeants and 127 soldiers of the Pará Military Police...

The United Kingdom (UK) and the United States (US) must also ensure that the PA and Israel respect Ahmad Sa'adat's rights. Both countries were involved in concluding the agreement whereby Ahmad Sa...

These sentences, ranging from six to 20 years, were pronounced by a civil court in Malabo, capital of Equatorial Guinea where 144 defendants, arrested since March 2002, were tried under a summary...

'Torture should not be accepted as normal behaviour - it is a gross abuse of power. The government must do much more to publicly condemn it, and to investigate those responsible and hold them to...

'We acknowledge the importance of condemning the killings, but the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and UN member states must go a step further and demand adherence to international human rights...

Mark Fulton, originally from Portadown, Co Armagh, Northern Ireland, had been on remand awaiting trial on charges of conspiracy to murder Rodney Jennett. He was a close associate of Billy Wright, the...

The organisation also calls for the unconditional release of prisoners of conscience Pasteur Bizimungu and his political ally Charles Ntakirutinka. Amnesty International believes that these people are...

'This wave of detentions against activists and government opponents raises fears that the Syrian authorities might be trying to turn back the clock to the country's recent past when thousands of...

Amnesty International said: 'The Commission will be fundamental to the promotion and protection of human rights for all people in Afghanistan, both in addressing the abuses of the past and promoting...