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Rodrigo reportedly received an anonymous death threat on 16 December 2003. Two days later, someone one fired a shot at him as he walked on a street in San Felipe, to the west of Santiago. On 20...
The Moroccan Court of Appeal will examine on Wednesday an appeal lodged by Ali Lmrabet's lawyer to revoke a four-month sentence he received on 21 November 2001. Lmrabet was convicted of 'disseminating...
During the 17-day visit Amnesty International met with government officials and interviewed 35 political prisoners but was denied access to National League for Democracy (NLD) leader, Aung San Suu Kyi...
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled in the case of Jose Padilla that the US government had no inherent constitutional authority to detain a US citizen as an 'enemy combatant' on US...
The call follows a recent Amnesty International visit to Liberia which found that men, Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights and Children's rights in areas where UN peace-keeping...
A recent Amnesty International mission to the Sudan-Chad border region found that villages in Darfur have been bombed by government planes and during 2003 militia groups supported by the government...
The system permits potentially indefinite detention on the basis of secret 'evidence' and allows the use of 'evidence' extracted under torture. Amnesty International made the fresh call after the...
During this morning's plenary session, a female delegate spoke out against what she described as the domination of the process by strong political figures whom she called 'criminals'. The Chairman...
The Asylum and Immigration Bill, which has its second reading today, could lead to refugees being returned to face torture, persecution or death, they said. Amnesty International, the Refugee Council...
A fair and independent trial that meets international standards is now essential. Whatever court will try Saddam Hussein and others should be fair and be seen to be fair. It must be competent...