Thankfully the judicial blinding of a man in Iran , which created a lot of news interest over the weekend, has been postponed. Majid Movahedi was sentenced to “retribution in kind” (qesas) in 2008 after he poured a bucket of acid over...

Ai Weiweiand all those have been detained, arrested, or ‘disappeared’ by the Chineseregime since February. The list also includes Tibetan prisoners of consciencedetained since 2008 and Uighur prisoners of consciencedetained since 2009...

USA: The Death Penalty Gender Gap----Women oppose capital punishment more than men. And they're a force behind the national effort to end it. womensenewsonline.org Monday, April 25, 2011 On March 9, Illinois Gov. Patrick Quinn signed a...

It’s an important day for us as we publish our latest annual report – The State of the World’s Human Rights Today . And it’s not just important for us here. It’s a big day for any of us who, possibly for the first time, felt we could...

Today Amnesty International launches its annual report on “The state of the world’s human rights” , a global overview that exposes abuses in 157 countries. Needless to say, much of the focus has been on recent events in the Middle East...