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A new report released today (Monday 9 February 2004) by Amnesty International reveals Home Office asylum decisions based on inaccurate and out-of-date country information, unreasoned decisions about...
In an open letter to Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf, Amnesty International said: 'Given the widespread use of torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment in places of detention in...
Hundreds of people have 'disappeared' in Nepal since the collapse of a cease-fire last August and are in unacknowledged detention or have been extra-judicially executed. Relatives of victims have...
Darfur: Too many people killed for no reason reports that the Sudanese government's air force has indiscriminately bombed villages in Darfur, in an attempt to put down rebel armed groups. The...
As 22-year-old Ines Pena was driven around the city by the two men, who are thought to be army-backed paramilitaries, her feet were reportedly scalded with boiling water and her head shaved. As she...
Amnesty International UK Director Kate Allen said: 'The existing measures under the Anti Terrorism Crime and Security Act (2001) have already created a small-scale Guantanamo Bay in the UK by allowing...
The two organisations and an expected several thousand people will be marching from El Paso, USA across the US-Mexican border to Juárez on Saturday February 14 2004. Amnesty International said:...
The award is a chance for non-governmental organisations to nominate an article that has raised awareness and understanding of human rights issues whether local, national or international. Each NGO...
Rolando Jiménez Posada, Rafael Millet Leyva, Miguel Sigler Amaya and Orlando Zapata Tamayo are four of the over 80 dissidents imprisoned after a massive government crackdown on 18 March 2003. Amnesty...
The organisation urged Iran's judicial authorities to halt further executions of child offenders. This is reportedly the eighth execution of a child offender in Iran since 1990. Amnesty International...