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'The charges were maliciously brought, the allegations did not establish blasphemy and the trial which led to the conviction on such grounds could not have been fair,' the organization said. 'The...
In a report published today - 'Lebanon - Torture and ill-treatment of Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights in pre-trial detention: a culture of acquiescence' - the organization...
Amnesty International welcomes the publication of the Preliminary Report of the National Commission of Inquiry into Events in Kabylia on 28 July 2001. The organization believes that by setting up a...
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 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...
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 -...
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 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...
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...