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IRAQ : Release of political prisoners welcomed but much remains to be done

On 20 October the Revolutionary Command Council, the highest executive body in Iraq, issued a decree signed by President Saddam Hussain ordering a general amnesty for all political prisoners within 48...

Egypt: Opening of trial of three Britons and 23 Egyptians raises unfair trial and torture concerns

The three British men - Maajid Nawaz, Ian Malcolm Nisbett, Reza Pankhurst - are due to be tried with 23 Egyptian nationals in an (Emergency) Supreme State Security Court in Cairo, an exceptional court...

Mexico: Digna Ochoa's memory merits a full investigation into her death

'The authorities need to overcome the flaws and irregularities that characterised the initial stages of the investigation,' Amnesty International said. Digna Ochoa, a human rights lawyer, was shot...

Colombia: San Vicente del Caguán - a community abandoned

In a new report, Amnesty International highlights the plight of the civilian population living in the area which hosted peace talks between the Colombian government and the country's largest guerrilla...

Democratic Republic of Congo: UN must take urgent steps to stop the escalation of ethnic killings

In her letter Ms Khan writes: 'There have been mass killings and targeted rapes based on ethnic identity. Extremist calls for 'ethnically pure towns and villages' have increasingly been spread...

India: Hate speeches on the violence in Gujarat must be stopped

Ashok Singhal is reported to have said on 11 October 2002 that 'what happened in Gujarat will happen in the whole of the country', while on 3 September he reportedly termed the recent massacres in...

Turkey: Sentencing of police officers a positive step in the fight against torture

The case of the 'Manisa Children's rights' - 16 young people, aged 14 to 26 who were tortured while in detention at police headquarters in Manisa, western Turkey, between December 1995 and January...

Uganda: Independent media and journalists at risk

'In order to show the government's commitment to basic human rights, such as freedoms of expression and access to information which are guaranteed by the Uganda constitution and international law, the...

International Criminal Court: Foreign ministers of France, Italy, Spain and the UK should say no to impunity agreements

Only days after the EU ministers of foreign affairs adopted a weak position on US impunity agreements, US Ambassador Marissa Lino has reportedly arrived in Europe to negotiate agreements with France...

Americas: Indigenous peoples - second-class citizens in the lands of their ancestors

The statement came on the eve of the day - known as Columbus Day, Día de la Raza or Native American Day - in which several countries in the Americas celebrate the continent's multicultural heritage....