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While welcoming the recent release of former political prisoner Oscar Elias Biscet - whom the organisation had adopted as a 'prisoner of conscience' - Amnesty International published today a new...
'The Italian authorities have a responsibility to ensure the safety and security of local inhabitants and property. However, it is also their duty to ensure that people are able to exercise peacefully...
'Aloysius Toe has done nothing but work legitimately for the defence of fundamental human rights in Liberia,' Amnesty International said. 'There is no basis to the charge against him and he must be...
The letter includes Amnesty International's report 'Republic of Korea: Summary of Concerns and Recommendations to Candidates for the Presidential Elections in December 2002'. The report highlights 12...
The King's agents ordered the Chief Justice and two other High Court judges to drop the case brought by Ms Lindiwe Dlamini is seeking the return of her daughter, Zena Mahlangu, who was taken away by...
Amnesty International said: 'The UK government should urge the USA to repatriate the seven UK nationals immediately unless they are promptly charged by the US authorities and given a fair trial, in an...
'The investigation needs to be prompt, fair and carried out by an independent body,' Amnesty International said. 'All findings of the investigation must be made public and all those responsible for...
The 80-page report, 'Israel and the Occupied Territories: Shielded from Scrutiny, IDF violations in Jenin and Nablus', documents serious human rights violations by Israeli forces. These include...
'We have had a long-standing concern about torture, including rape, reported both in the context of the armed conflict and routine police investigations,' Amnesty International wrote in the letter...
The organisation added that, should any of them be prosecuted, they should be given access to a lawyer and receive a fair trial. 'It is time to end the unacceptable legal limbo in which these...