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USA: One year on - the legal limbo of the Guantanamo detainees continues

'This legal limbo is a continuing violation of human rights standards which the international community must not ignore,' Amnesty International said. 'No access to the courts, lawyers or relatives...

USA: Special registration process must be reviewed

'The US government must ensure that immigration laws are not applied in a way which violates fundamental protections against discrimination under international law. They must also ensure that these...

Bangladesh: Senior Awami League politician in danger of torture

'He has been transferred from prison to police custody where he will be interrogated for seven days in yet another politically motivated allegation of criminal activity brought against him by the...

India (Jammu/Kashmir): Impunity for Special Operations Group unacceptable

The promise was made by the government in its recently published Common Minimum Program. However, in an address to new trainee police recruits on 5th January, Chief Minister Mohammad Sayeed reportedly...

Democratic Republic of Congo: Thirty sentenced to death after unfair trial

'The defendants clearly did not receive a fair trial, and to execute them in these circumstances would be in violation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights to which the DRC is a...

Guyana: Draconian security legislation threatens fundamental rights

'While the Guyanese authorities have the right - and the duty - to protect society from the threat of violence and crime, fundamental human rights cannot be traded in for increased security,' the...

Russian Federation: Amnesty International is concerned about the climate of impunity prevailing in the Russian judicial system

Colonel Budanov, commander of a tank regiment in the Russian army in Chechnya, was on trial in the southern town of Rostov-on-Don for abducting and murdering an 18-year-old Chechen girl Kheda Kungaeva...

Russian Federation: Amnesty International strongly condemns suicide bombing in Chechnya

'There can be no justification for the deliberate targeting of unarmed civilians. This act is a violation of the basic requirements of international humanitarian law, in particular those protecting...

Nepal: Victims of alleged human rights abuses under pressure

Two young Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights, Tarnum and Tabsum Maniyar, were today pressurized by army officials from Chisapani army camp to retract information given to...

Kenya: Tension rises in advance of polls

The mission is monitoring the human rights situation in Kenya over the election period. 'Violence is not concentrated on any one party, with attacks being suffered by candidates and supporters on all...