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The organization's concern for the safety of the civilian communities in the area is growing in the light of the recent 'disappearance' of Embera-KatÃo indigenous leader Kimy Pernia Domico...
The Military Court of Appeal is due to hear today an appeal against the four-year prison sentence given to Lazaros Petromelidis in April 1999 by the Naval Court of Piraeus on charges of...
'Denied their right to liberty, to be presumed innocent and to be given a trial, these men join the ranks of all those other prisoners of conscience around the world who pay a high personal price in...
'Such an attack, deliberately killing teenagers on a night out, is shocking and reprehensible,' Amnesty International said. 'There can never be any justification for the targeting of civilians.'...
Suleiman Mohamed Adam, 66, is considered by Amnesty International as a prisoner of conscience, detained solely on account of his non-violent opinions and for peacefully exercising his rights to...
Suleiman Mohamed Adam, 66, is considered by Amnesty International as a prisoner of conscience, detained solely on account of his non-violent opinions and for peacefully exercising his rights to...
'The crackdown in Tiananmen Square may have happened 12 years ago but for many the pain is not confined to memory, it is a part of their everyday lives. The Chinese government owes justice to the...
The ruling came nearly a year and a half after Patrick Genius was killed by police officers in Kingston, Jamaica on 13 December 1999. The autopsy report into his death indicated that he had sustained...
The UK entry in the Amnesty International Report 2001 highlights: * The lack of access to legal advice for 'dispersed' asylum-seekers * The hostile attitudes facing many asylum-seekers * The detention...
Now in his thirties, Ngawang Choephel, who is in urgent need of medical treatment, has been transferred to a prison in Chengdu city, Sichuan province, supposedly to receive hospital treatment. During...