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The execution of Afghan national Abbas Hosseini in Iran today (5 October) - for a murder he is accused of committing when he was only 17 - must be stopped, Amnesty International warned today. Amnesty...
New letter to President Medvedev urges action, as attacks continue Human rights activists in Russia and the North Caucasus are facing increasing violence and intimidation three years after the...
Successive governments of Bosnia and Herzegovina have failed to provide justice for thousands of Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights and girls who were raped during the 1992...
Darfuri refugee Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights and girls face high levels of rape and other violence on a daily basis both inside and outside refugee camps in eastern Chad...
Honduran de facto president Roberto Micheletti must rescind a decree that provides sweeping new powers of detention to the police, bans all public meetings and imposes a 45 day curfew, said Amnesty...
Amnesty International has called for an international commission of inquiry to investigate mounting reports of deliberate killings, rape and other human rights abuses by security forces in Conakry...
Richard Hughes, the drummer from best-selling rock band Keane has spoken today of how he was inspired by the strength of man he has visited on death row in Georgia, USA. Richard Hughes, 34, Keane’s...
Amnesty International condemns upholding of sentence Amnesty International today condemned the decision by a Shariah Court in Malaysia to uphold the decision to sentence a 32-year-old woman to six...
Amnesty International has called on Northern Ireland to accept detainees released from Guantanámo Bay. The call comes as two detainees, released from the prison camp by US authorities, arrived in the...
Hundreds under surveillance or house arrest, says Amnesty The Chinese authorities have increased surveillance, harassment and imprisonment of activists ahead of the country’s 60th anniversary on 1...