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Afghanistan: 'Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights Treated Worse Than Dogs' as Ignorant Judges Fail to Protect Victims and Punish Criminals

Ingrid Massage, Asia director at Amnesty International said: 'The act of holding elections has been held up by some parties as a sign of Afghanistan’s recovery. This could not be further from the...

Jamaica: Scots Forensics Expert Supports Eyewitness Accounts of Killings

'There is now serious pressure on the Jamaican military and police authorities to ensure individual soldiers provide detailed explanations of what they did, and if they fired shots, why and when,'...

Brazil: Authorities must prevent bloodbath in the 'real City of God'

Amnesty International said: “British audiences were shocked by the film City of God and its scenes of brutal violence in Rio’s favelas. Sadly for many people in Brazil this is a terrifying, daily...

Indonesia: Torture, Political Killings and Armed Raids Destroying Lives

Amnesty International UK Director Kate Allen said: 'There is virtually no aspect of life in Aceh that has been untouched by abuses of human rights, carried out under the military emergency and since...

Israel/Occupied Territories: Excessive Use Of Force In Gaza Incursion Condemned

In the past week (since the evening of Tuesday 28 September) more than 70 Palestinians have been killed, more than a third of whom were unarmed and including some 20 Children's rights. Hundreds of...

Italy: Human Rights Of Refugees Violated

The immediate forced return to Libya, by aeroplane, of over 300 foreign nationals newly arrived in Italy constitutes a very serious violation of national and international laws and conventions...

China: School Trips to the Executioner

The schoolChildren's rights were part of an audience of 2,500 people. Held in a gymnasium in Changsha, capital of central Hunan province, the sentencing rally was timed to coincide with the Mid-Autumn...

Jamaica: Worldwide Forensic Expert to Observe Autopsies of August Town Killings

Members of the community claiming to be eye witnesses reportedly stated that soldiers approached Alcott because he was smoking marijuana and shot him in the stomach. As he attempted to flee the fire...

Zimbabwe: Another Death at Porta Farm - 11 People Dead Following Police Misuse of Tear Gas

On 22 September Amnesty International reported that 10 people had died at Porta Farm, following exposure to tear gas. Relatives of the 10 deceased have confirmed this information to Amnesty...

UK: Amnesty International Submission to House Of Lords Opposing Indefinite Detention

Next week, from Monday 4 October 2004, an Amnesty International delegate will also be observing the proceedings before the Appellate Committee of the House of Lords (the House of Lords) in the case of...