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The report, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: Police allegedly ill-treat members of ethnic minorities (AI Index EUR 65/001/2003) details six cases of alleged ill-treatment by police officers....
'These deaths which happened within two weeks of one another, are the first to have occurred on an aircraft during forcible deportation from French territory since 1991, and for that reason alone...
Mr Pasko, who had served two-thirds of a four-year sentence on treason charges in a prison colony in the Russian Far East, was arrested and sentenced solely for exercising his basic human right to...
'Long-standing disrespect for human rights is one of the roots of the crisis, so it is only natural that national and international instruments set up to protect those rights should provide a...
While Paul Hoffman, Chair of Amnesty International's International Executive Committee, will be joining social movements at the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre to bring human rights into the...
'This demonstrates, yet again, how restrictive laws are used to curtail freedom of expression in Malaysia,' the organisation added. The police raided the Malaysiakini office on Monday, confiscating...
'This demonstrates, yet again, how restrictive laws are used to curtail freedom of expression in Malaysia,' the organisation added. The police raided the Malaysiakini office on Monday, confiscating...
'The Swiss authorities have a responsibility to ensure the safety and security of WEF participants, as well as of demonstrators, local inhabitants and property. However, it is also their duty to...
'Long-standing disrespect for human rights is one of the roots of the crisis, so it is only natural that national and international instruments set up to protect those rights should provide a...
'These are serious human rights violations which must not under any circumstances be condoned,' Amnesty International said. 'Between October and January at least 40 people died after their arrest and...