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'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...

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...

'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...

'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...

'The Swiss authorities have a responsibility to ensure the safety and security of WEF participants, as well as of demonstrators, local inhabitants and property. However, it is also their duty to...

'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...

'These are serious human rights violations which must not under any circumstances be condoned,' Amnesty International said. 'Between October and January at least 40 people died after their arrest and...

On Sunday 19 January, Amnesty International placed an advert in Jamaica's leading papers calling on the island's government and citizens to rethink their support for capital punishment. In the advert...

As previous efforts to identify the individuals and structures responsible for human rights abuses in Guatemala and bring them to justice have met with only very limited success, Amnesty International...

'Torture in Punjab continues as a result of a culture of impunity developed within the criminal justice system in the state during the militancy period and is still not dead, ' continued Amnesty...