Press Releases

The two Palestinians, Intisar and Kifah 'Ajuri, have been in detention since 4 June and 18 July, respectively, but have never been charged and no proceedings have been initiated to bring them to trial...

A new report entitled 'International Criminal Court: The US campaign to obtain impunity for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes' shows how the immunity agreements sought by the USA...

On 29 August, Dr. Frances Lovemore, Medical Director of Amani Trust, a leading human rights NGO in Zimbabwe, was arrested in Harare. Dr. Lovemore and charged with 'publishing or communicating false...

'Despite real progress in the exhumation and identification of the victims of 'disappearances' and abductions throughout Bosnia-Herzegovina there has been pitiful little progress in bringing those...

'If my relative is dead, I want to receive the body or remains for burial and begin the grieving process that would allow me to come to terms with the loss. If my loved one is alive, I want the chance...

The couple, from New Gawu in Niger state were both arrested and charged with adultery following a police officer's report, which was brought to court in May this year. The initial sentence handed to...

The human rights organisation is particularly concerned about a proposed amendment to the Constitution, which threatens to curtail constitutional guarantees protecting people under death sentence...

'The trial and sentencing of these three men falls into a pattern of systematic and flagrant violation of Syria's obligations under international human rights treaties to which it is a state party,'...

On 28 and 30 August 1992, 265 alleged members of the unauthorized Islamist movement al-Nahda were sentenced to heavy prison terms in trials that grossly violated international standards. The trial...

'While some reforms have been recently introduced to tackle police brutality and complaints have reportedly fallen in 2001, there remains a disturbing pattern of abuse, mainly against the county's...