Press Releases
In the last two days alone, more than ten men have been hanged, some of them in public and some for offences which had no lethal consequences. According to media reports from Iran, 100 death sentences...
Irene is the seventh Secretary General to serve in the organisation's 40-year history and is the first woman and first Asian to hold the position. Irene takes over from Pierre Sané, who was Secretary...
The new legislation grants the security forces judicial police powers in certain circumstances, and restricts the ability of the Procurator General's Office (ProcuradurÃa General de la Nación) to...
Since February this year both the Macedonian forces and the armed opposition group, the National Liberation Army (NLA), have been responsible for indiscriminate killings of unarmed civilians...
The organization expressed concern at reports that the authorities in Ceuta and Melilla plan to resume their practice of systematically expelling unaccompanied and undocumented Children's rights -...
'The USA must no longer ignore the fact that it is clinging to a shameful practice that beyond its borders has almost been eradicated from the world,' the organisation added. 'It is time for US...
'Those detained in the crackdown are being denied access to any refugee determination procedure and pushed back over the border to meet an uncertain fate. This could include imprisonment, torture and...
In a report published today - Iraq: Systematic torture of political prisoners - the organisation paints a grim picture of routine torture, whereby horrendous physical and psychological suffering is...
Though the matter is still before the Supreme Court and other decision-making bodies, Governor Perry is being asked to call upon the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles to reconsider its recent...
Amnesty International also said that three, who have been identified in a Saudi Press Agency report as Jamie Patrick Leigh, James Cuttle and Les Walker, should be granted full access to lawyers and...