Press Releases

Haq Nawaz, a Sunni activist from the Sipah-i-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP, a militant Sunni organization), was originally sentenced to death for the killing of Sadiq Ganji, director of the Iranian Cultural...

In August 2000, the Lebanese Directorate-General gave Arab and foreign 'illegal' residents a two-month period to regularize their status. This period has been extended until the 28th of this month and...

Amnesty International's report, 'Stopping The {Torture} Trade', reveals that the international trade in high voltage electro-shock batons, shields, stun guns, and stun belts has been expanding...

The organisation urged that the charges against him be dropped, and that Article 191 of the criminal code, which deals with the 'dissemination of false information', be annulled or amended to ensure...

In a new report out today the organisation is urging the Israeli authorities to put an end to this liquidation policy and to investigate all unlawful killings of Palestinians. During a recent visit to...

The prisoner, Shagildy Atakov, originally arrested in December 1998 and now being held in the town of Seydi in the northeast of the country, has reportedly been viciously beaten by guards and is...

On 18 February the Amir of Bahrain, Shaikh Hamad bin Issa Al Khalifa issued Decree 11 of 2001 abolishing the 'Decree Law on State Security Measures', which has been in force since October 1974. It...

'To prevent the situation from further spiralling into violence it is essential that human rights defenders, church representatives and independent observers be allowed to accompany any intervention...

The organisation expressed dismay at recent statements by the Minister of the Interior, Mr José Miguel Insulza, that a proliferation of human rights complaints would be detrimental to the country's...

'Short term responses to this unprecedented display of prisoner power will not prevent further incidents. Ill-considered and quick-fix solutions could aggravate the extreme crisis,' the organisation...