Press Releases
In her letter Ms Khan writes: 'There have been mass killings and targeted rapes based on ethnic identity. Extremist calls for 'ethnically pure towns and villages' have increasingly been spread...
Ashok Singhal is reported to have said on 11 October 2002 that 'what happened in Gujarat will happen in the whole of the country', while on 3 September he reportedly termed the recent massacres in...
The case of the 'Manisa Children's rights' - 16 young people, aged 14 to 26 who were tortured while in detention at police headquarters in Manisa, western Turkey, between December 1995 and January...
'In order to show the government's commitment to basic human rights, such as freedoms of expression and access to information which are guaranteed by the Uganda constitution and international law, the...
Only days after the EU ministers of foreign affairs adopted a weak position on US impunity agreements, US Ambassador Marissa Lino has reportedly arrived in Europe to negotiate agreements with France...
The statement came on the eve of the day - known as Columbus Day, DÃa de la Raza or Native American Day - in which several countries in the Americas celebrate the continent's multicultural heritage....
According to reports received by the organisation, up to 223 Eritreans were forcibly deported between 30 September and 3 October 2002. The Eritreans were said to have been immediately arrested on...
'Whilst we welcome the attention given to this important subject by the UN Security Council and the UN Scretary-General in his recent report, we are nevertheless concerned that the UN's...
'People with psychiatric illnesses and mental disabilities are quite literally dying of neglect. They are being beaten, chained up and kept in cruel, inhuman and degrading conditions. Conditions in...
Yesterday, the court ordered that the 30 year sentences of Retired Colonel Byron Disrael Lima Estrada, his son Captain Byron Miguel Lima Oliva, and former presidential bodyguard José Obdulio...