Press Releases
Amnesty International has urged the UN Security Council and all UN member states to take more effective action to end the massive human rights violations in Darfur, including to: increase the number...
Anannyo Azad was abducted by three unknown men at about 4:15pm on 24 July in a street near his home in the capital Dhaka. He was forced into a nearby alley and, according to a press report in the...
Press reports claim that the guerrilla group, the Ejército the Liberación Nacional (ELN), National Liberation Army, was responsible for the kidnapping of Monsignor Misael Vacca RamÃrez, as well as...
The report, Portugal: Attack on a prisoner in Lisbon Prison , raises serious concerns about ill-treatment with impunity in Lisbon prison. Albino Libanio was isolated from other prisoners so that...
The measures are reportedly contained in a draft bill governing the operation of non-governmental organisations(NGOs). Amnesty International said: “These reports indicate that as with other...
Irene Khan said: “The adoption of a progressive Constitution, the ratification of human rights treaties, the creation of national institutions and other measures to protect human rights are...
Key issues include: detention without trial; allegations of ill-treatment and torture, including being assaulted, forced to strip, deprived of sleep, food and water, detainees being told that their...
In some cases Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights are having their arms or legs broken in rape attacks and mass abductions are also taking place, with Women's rights's rightss...
Four people, all HIV positive, have recently been detained in Shangqiu city in Henan province, after they tried to protest at inadequate healthcare for people infected with HIV/AIDS. Amnesty...
On 13 July the Czech Minister of Health Jozef Kubinyi issued a press statement stating that he had instructed directors of all health institutions to immediately cease use of 'cage beds', calling for...