Prior to the Committee's consideration of the UK's report, Amnesty International had submitted its concerns about the UK's implementation of the Convention, including in particular with respect to the...

'The Director of Public Prosecutions should immediately instigate criminal proceedings against the police officers involved. For justice to be done and seen to be done, there must be an independent...

Two other officers, General Edgar Augusto Godoy Gaytán and Colonel Juan Guillermo Oliva Carrera, who had faced the same charges, were acquitted. They were Colonel Valencia's superior officers in the...

The statement came as Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights from all over the world gather in Guadalajara, Mexico, for the International Forum of the Association for Women's...

Five of the men - 'Abd al-Naser Shehadeh al-Khamayseh, Samer Mahmud 'Amer; Ra'ed 'Abd al-Karim al-Kafafi, Ahmad Husayn 'Abdallah and Samir Sa'id Shabayeh - were then sentenced to life imprisonment...

'Once again, government authorities have failed to ensure that elections take place in a climate free from harassment and intimidation. All allegations of human rights violations, including torture...

The five prisoners of conscience Tian Chua, Saari Sungib, Hishamuddin Rais, Mohd Ezam Nor and Raja Petra Kamaruddin were arrested on 10 April 2001 and accused of plotting to overthrow the government...