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Belize: Death penalty, treatment of refugees and justice for victims test commitment to human rights

Following Amnesty International's first ever full research mission to the country, this was its conclusion, formed as a result of meetings in various locations around the country with: numerous...

Democratic Republic of the Congo : The expansion of MONUC must be used to protect human rights where they are most seriously at risk

According to the resolution the expanded MONUC will reinforce the existing task force in the disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration process, assist in the destruction of impounded weapons and...

India: Mumbai riots a 'chilling precedent' to Gujarat warning

Little action has been taken over the Mumbai riots and Amnesty International fears that authorities may also fail to bring to justice those responsible for mass killings in Gujarat this year. Though a...

Martin Ennals Award: Colombian Human Rights Defender wins 10th edition of most prestigious award of human rights movement

Alirio Uribe, who works since more than 10 years for the victims of human rights violations, said that this great honor 'belongs foremost to all the human rights defenders (HRDs) in Colombia who...

Russian Federation: Amnesty International demands the immediate acquittal and release of journalist and environmental activist Grigory Pasko

'Grigory Pasko's conviction and continuing arrest solely for exercising his basic human right of freedom of expression is yet another example of the denial of justice that is the fate of other victims...

Southern Africa: Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights and girls still facing discrimination and violence

'Despite commitment by Southern African governments to eliminate 'all forms of discrimination [and] all forms of violence against Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights and girls'...

Russian Federation: Denmark releases Chechen envoy

Moreover, in view of the massive publicity around this case and the inadequacies of the Russian justice system, there was very little chance that Akhmed Zakayev would have been given a fair trial in...

Swaziland: Human rights in grave danger

Amnesty International believes that judicial independence is the vital element in any accessible justice system. By refusing to abide by recent rulings of the Court of Appeal, the highest court in the...

Iraq: UK government dossier on human rights abuses

The statement attributed to the Secretary General of Amnesty International is an extract from a previous statement published by the organisation in September in response to statements and documents...

Bahrain: Amnesty International concerned that new legislation allows impunity for human rights offences

The letter also expressed concern that a new decree effectively grants impunity for any human rights violations committed before February 2001. Decree No. 56 for 2002 issued by His Majesty on 23...