Press Releases
Over the past ten days, at least 130 Palestinians have been killed. At least 18 wounded Palestinians have reportedly died because of denial of access of medical services. In the same period, at least...
The report - Kenya: Rape - the invisible crime - looks at violence, particularly sexual violence, against Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights and focuses on rape committed by...
The organisation also asked that the trial conform with international standards for fair trial, and that the rights of both the accused -- including the right to the presumption of innocence - and...
Amin Yussif, a 51-year-old civil servant, his wife Amal Mahmud and six others have been held in detention since the end of September 2001 under charges of 'exploiting religion (Y) for extremist ideas'...
'Inadequate training and supervision of detention officers has caused unnecessary pain, injury and even death,' the organisation said today as it launched a new report 'USA: The restraint chair - How...
In a five-page appeal to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) opening today (2 March 2002), Amnesty International described the gathering as 'a unique chance for the international...
'If the peace initiative is to be successful it must not repeat the mistakes of the past. One of the reasons why the Oslo Agreement of 1993 failed was because human rights were not at its centre.'...
'Norway is in an unique position to play an important role in strengthening the human rights dimension of the Security Council's consultations and resolutions. This is especially important at a time...
Grigory Pasko was sentenced to four years imprisonment in December 2001, accused of intending to pass on information to a foreign journalist that would 'harm the battle readiness of the Pacific Fleet'...
The 57-page report, 'Guatemala's Lethal Legacy: Past Impunity and Renewed Human Rights Violations', shows that the 'corporate mafia state' is made up of certain economic actors, including subsidiaries...