Just weeks ago, Rizana Nafeek, a young and vulnerable domestic worker from Sri Lanka was beheaded in Saudi Arabia.Now another woman in Saudi Arabia is on death row awaiting execution by beheading . Siti Zainab Binti Duhri Rupa is a...

China Human Rights Briefing January 18-23, 2013 Reprisals Against Activists Shandong Petitioners Beaten, Detained After Appealing to China’s “First Lady” Over Grievances Six Shandong petitioners who recently appealed to China’s “first...

In December 2012, Amnesty International Brazil organised an event alongside the Brazilian Canoe Championships to demand justice for the fishermen of Guanabara Bay. Since 2009 the fishermen of Guanabara Bay, known as the Association of...

Young Amnesty activists are leading the charge against the death penalty in Morocco and in the rest of the world. Since 2006 they have made remarkable progress in a country where many people believe that the death penalty is a right of...

Tweet A woman who killed her violent husband after months of abuse faces imminent execution after exhausting all appeals. Li Yan, aged 41 - whose repeated calls to the police for protection were ignored – could be put to death at any...