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'I lost consciousness two times during the interrogation. When I recovered they continued to apply two electric wires to different parts of my body. The guards found a box of painkillers in my pocket...

'We firmly support all efforts to bring the perpetrators of Guatemala's agony to justice,' added the organisation, which has been monitoring the human rights situation in Guatemala for many years. The...

Sunday's decision by Kuwait's Misdemeanours Appeal Court upheld charges of breaching public decency and using profane and impious language made against Laila al-Othman, but converted the two-month...

Every day, terror and injustice are suffered by people in Saudi Arabia but the world's governments appear indifferent to their plight, Amnesty International said today as it launched its first...

Ankara State Prosecutor today rejected Akin Birdal's lawyer's application for his sentence to be postponed again on medical grounds. A medical report issued by Ankara State Hospital on 22 March 2000...

'This clumsy attempt to silence local and foreign journalists adds to the Belarusian government's already embarassing record on human rights ', Amnesty International added. The Russian embassy in...

Monsignor Romero's criticisms of the human rights violations being perpetrated in El Salvador at the time and his commitment to defending human rights led to his violent and untimely death. As in the...

Amnesty International has received disturbing testimony from a survivor of the Chernokozovo 'filtration camp' that detainees, including Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights and...

The announcement came within hours of a joint press conference in Manila by the Coalition against the Death Penalty , attended by representatives of Amnesty International, members of the Catholic...

'Last Wednesday's Freedom March-2 showed the international community that Belarusian authorities can allow demonstrations and respect the right to peaceful assembly,' Amnesty International stated. A...