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A week ago a senior Chinese legislator suggested that China executes 10,000 people a year - more than the number of judicial executions recorded for the rest of the world combined. Political...

Amnesty International said: 'Once again Israel has chosen to violate international law instead of using alternative lawful means. Sheikh Yassin could have been arrested and prosecuted. The Israeli...

Patricio Ordóñez Maico, a member of the Friends for Life Foundation ( Fundación Amigos por la Vida ), an organisation which campaigns for the rights of LGBTIed people, was assaulted at FLF's...

The human rights organisation has underlined that, in accordance with international standards, law enforcement officials may resort to the intentional lethal use of firearms only when strictly...

The human rights organisation's new report highlights the insecurity within Iraq, particularly: Civilians killed by excessive force by coalition forces and attacks by armed groups; 8,500 or more...

'This now means that one of the 14 non-UK nationals who have been held without charge or trial, in some cases for over two years, should be released. 'The verdict highlights the very real dangers of...

There is no doubt that Kelsey Patterson, who is African American, shot Louis Oates and Dorothy Harris, both of whom were white. He made no attempt to avoid arrest after shooting the victims but put...

The government is also refusing access to humanitarian agencies which are desperate to provide relief for the hundreds of thousands of people who have now been displaced. There is evidence that the...

The prisoners were arrested during the March 2003 crackdown when scores of dissidents were detained in a series of targeted sweeps. Some were subsequently released, but many were subjected to hasty...

In a letter to Jack Straw, the organisations called on the British government to support the UN Norms on the Responsibilities of Trans-national Corporations and Other Business Enterprises with regard...