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International Criminal Court : US nationals must not be given impunity for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes

The petition, signed by 84,598 people from all over the world was opened in September in response to a worldwide campaign launched by the USA against the new International Criminal Court. To mark the...

United Kingdom: Asylum - Dismay at ill-founded remarks on refugee protection and detention

Today's Conservative Party proposal that all asylum-seekers be detained and 'vetted' and its announcement that a future Conservative government would consider withdrawing from international human...

USA: Clemency authorities and legislators must act to prevent executions of child offenders

Yesterday the Supreme Court rejected the appeal of Scott Hain, who is on death row in Oklahoma for a crime committed when he was 17 years old. The Oklahoma Attorney General immediately sought an...

People's Republic of China: Amnesty International condemns execution of Tibetan, following unfair trial

'We are appalled by these reports, particularly in the face of widespread international concern about this case from both non-governmental organisations and other governments', Amnesty International...

Russian Federation: Address human rights in the Chechen Republic, urge human rights organisations

Pressure on internally displaced persons to return to Chechnya, and camp closures amounting to de facto forcible return of internally displaced persons. Particularly disturbing is the Russian...

World Social Forum: All human rights for all, to make another world possible

Porto Alegre - As international civil society is debating the challenges of an increasingly globalised economy at the World Social Forum, Amnesty International stressed the need to truly globalise...

Bangladesh: Indemnity Bill - A Human Rights Challenge for Parliament

Amnesty International calls upon all Members of Parliament in Bangladesh to oppose the bill to sanction torture and unlawful killings carried out by army personnel over the last few months. The bill...

Iraq: AI's Secretary General challenges Powell

Listening to the US Secretary of State address the World Economic Forum, Irene Khan voiced the concern of many civil society groups, that the humanitarian situation in Iraq is extremely fragile after...

Cambodia: Government intimidation and harassment of human rights defenders

Eva Galabru is being sued for 'disinformation', a charge that carries a maximum three year prison sentence. She has been accused of spreading 'false information' after a statement from Global Witness...

Pakistan: Police must protect human rights in North West Frontier Province

The shooting took place while Fazal Wahab Wahab, a resident of Mingora (district of Swat) in the North West Frontier of Pakistan was in a shop. The shop keeper and his assistant were also killed in...