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Winnie Byanyima, an opposition MP and wife of Kiiza Besigye, has been charged with unlawful possession of a gun under circumstances suggesting evidence of harassment. Col. Besigye, the strongest...
Amid growing evidence of a backlash and attacks against Muslim and Middle Eastern community groups around the world, Amnesty International stressed that efforts to bring the perpetrators of these...
'We condemn these attacks in the strongest terms. Whether they have been carried out by a state or an armed political group, these attacks amount to the gravest abuses of fundamental human rights and...
The asylum-seekers , most of whom have reportedly fled Afghanistan, were rescued at sea by the Norwegian MV Tampa around 26 August. They had been making their way to Australia on an Indonesian ship...
If the UK government truly believes in a transparent arms control system, then the doors to its arms fairs should be opened to allow for closer public scrutiny, said Amnesty International at the start...
The HRFT, Turkey's most important NGO working for the treatment and rehabilitation of torture victims, was raided by the police on 7 September 2001. All patient files, computers and the details of...
The agreement provides for redress of past human rights abuses and the institutionalised discrimination against ethnic minorities which has contributed in the past months to political instability and...
A meeting to be held in London, United Kingdom (UK), from 11 to 13 September, is the seventh meeting of the so-called 'Kimberley process' which aims to develop proposals for an international diamond...
The organisation recognises the importance of access to legal advice and the availability of other essential services at Oakington and said that the principle change that is required at the centre is...
Amnesty International cautiously welcomes the agreement reached by the Commonwealth delegation and the Zimbabwean government in Abuja, Nigeria, in which the Zimbabwean authorities pledged commitment...