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Amnesty International believes that judicial independence is the vital element in any accessible justice system. By refusing to abide by recent rulings of the Court of Appeal, the highest court in the...
The statement attributed to the Secretary General of Amnesty International is an extract from a previous statement published by the organisation in September in response to statements and documents...
The letter also expressed concern that a new decree effectively grants impunity for any human rights violations committed before February 2001. Decree No. 56 for 2002 issued by His Majesty on 23...
In a new report published today, the organisation details 13 cases of human rights defenders who have been victimised because of their legitimate human rights work. These include activists, lawyers...
'The charges on which Saad Eddin Ibrahim and Nadia 'Abd al-Nur were convicted and imprisoned in a retrial in July 2002 are a pretext to punish them for criticising government policies. They should be...
On 22 November the League issued a report, which outlines two draft bills due to be submitted to the next Diet session beginning in January. The bills include: an amendment to the criminal code to...
The group launched an anti death penalty campaign in October and plan to deliver the results of the campaign to the president in early December. Amnesty International welcomed the campaign and urged...
'Social exclusion, economic deprivation and discrimination are integrally linked to HIV/AIDS.' 'Those who are on the social margins of society, who are denied access to their most basic human rights -...
The human rights organisation voiced its concern following recent reports that the Russian authorities are planning to close - by the end of January 2003 - camps in Ingushetia for civilians who fled...
On 22 November the organisation wrote to the Commander of the Eagle Base – the headquarters of the United States (US) Army detachment to SFOR – Brigadier General John T. von Trott, stating the...