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USA: Amnesty International condemns housing minors in Wisconsin supermax prison

Prisoners at Boscobel prison are allowed no outdoor exercise and can see their relatives only through a video screen. In the most restrictive custody levels, inmates are confined alone for 24 hours a...

JORDAN: Amnesty International deplores State Security Court trial sentences

Amnesty International has repeatedly expressed concern in statements and letters to the Jordanian authorities, including the Prime Minister, that the initial trial of these defendants before the SSC...

ITALY: Authorities must carry out urgent investigation and review of G8 policing

'The Italian authorities should institute a thorough review of the current training and deployment of law enforcement officers involved in crowd control and take all necessary measures to ensure that...

INDONESIA: Human rights defenders in Aceh arrested as attention distracted by political crisis

Fifteen human rights activists were detained when members of the Police Mobile Brigade (Brimob) raided the Banda Aceh branch of one of Indonesia's leading human rights organizations, the Legal Aid...

INDONESIA/ASEAN: Human rights are part of the security equation

As the ARF is now reported to be preparing a series of measures to strengthen its ability to address security issues in the region, the Hanoi meeting is an opportunity to impress on the Indonesian...

ITALY: G8 Policing Must Respect Human Rights

These rights, including the right of free expression and assembly and the right not to suffer arbitrary arrest or detention, must be fully respected said the human rights organisation. Law enforcement...

SINGAPORE: International trial observer to attend Court of Appeal as former opposition leader JB Jeyaretnam faces possible expulsion from parliament

Amnesty International and Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada are concerned that the Singaporean government may be using libel laws in a manner that amounts to a violation of the fundamental rights to freely...

SRI LANKA: Police must uphold the right to peaceful protest

Achinte Perera from Algama and Manjula Prasad from Janpatha St, Colombo 15, both supporters of the United National Party (UNP), died whilst participating in a peaceful protest called by a coalition of...

UN Conference on Small Arms on the brink of failure

New York, July 20 – Oxfam International and Amnesty International fear that the first ever United Nations Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons will end as a major failure...

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Government should stop all extra-judicial executions

'Hundreds of unarmed civilians and Yakoma members of the security forces involved or suspected of involvement in the coup attempt have been killed or subjected to other serious human rights violations...