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Philippines: Persistence of torture

'The persistence of torture and ill-treatment in the Philippines highlights a serious discrepancy between the law and its application within the criminal justice system,' Amnesty International said...

Russia: New human rights report on 'Doing Business in Russia' released at Davos

The 45-page report, 'Doing Business in Russia', part of the human rights organisation's ongoing campaign on Russia is highly critical of widespread corruption in the various linkages between companies...

Zimbabwe: Latest wave of arrests and torture signal bleak future

It appears that the most recent wave of arrests is part of a strategy by the Zimbabwean authorities to undermine and stifle public protest while the world's attention is focused on the country during...

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: Police ill-treatment and torture

The report, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: Police allegedly ill-treat members of ethnic minorities (AI Index EUR 65/001/2003) details six cases of alleged ill-treatment by police officers....

France: Deaths during forcible deportations from Roissy must be fully and impartially investigated

'These deaths which happened within two weeks of one another, are the first to have occurred on an aircraft during forcible deportation from French territory since 1991, and for that reason alone...

Russia: Release of imprisoned journalist Grigory Pasko must be made unconditional

Mr Pasko, who had served two-thirds of a four-year sentence on treason charges in a prison colony in the Russian Far East, was arrested and sentenced solely for exercising his basic human right to...

Venezuela: A human rights agenda for the current crisis

'Long-standing disrespect for human rights is one of the roots of the crisis, so it is only natural that national and international instruments set up to protect those rights should provide a...

World Social and Economic Fora: All human rights for all, everyone's

While Paul Hoffman, Chair of Amnesty International's International Executive Committee, will be joining social movements at the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre to bring human rights into the...

Malaysia: Restriction of freedom of expression hits the Internet

'This demonstrates, yet again, how restrictive laws are used to curtail freedom of expression in Malaysia,' the organisation added. The police raided the Malaysiakini office on Monday, confiscating...

Malaysia: Restriction of freedom of expression hits the Internet

'This demonstrates, yet again, how restrictive laws are used to curtail freedom of expression in Malaysia,' the organisation added. The police raided the Malaysiakini office on Monday, confiscating...