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'The Gambian authorities' decision not to prosecute in the interests of 'national reconciliation' is short-sighted, particularly given the findings of its own Commission of Inquiry, and will not...
'We share all the Committee's concerns and we believe that its recommendations must be acted upon for Syria to improve its human rights record,' Amnesty International said. Concerns expressed by the...
The execution-style killing of eight police officers who were among 28 who surrendered to members of the CPN (Maoist) at Toli, Dailekh district, early Saturday morning is in clear violation of minimum...
A report published today, details Amnesty International's long-held concerns about police brutality, torture and killings in Jamaica. These include chronic inadequate or lacking investigations into...
'In many West African countries, human rights defenders are harassed, detained, tortured 'disappeared' forced into exile or killed because of their activities,' Amnesty International asserted in 'Be...
On 22 March 2001, Ibrahim al-Taj Hussain Zaydan, a Sudanese national in his early twenties and an asylum-seeker who had been registered with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Beirut...
'The Iraqi Government must put an end to the continuing executions of suspected opponents', Amnesty International said. The latest victim known to Amnesty International is 'Abd al-Wahad al-Rifa'i who...
'Despite the many commitments made by governments, serious human rights violations continue in virtually every country in the region, from Canada to the Southern Cone, across the Caribbean and Central...
'Physical and psychological punishments against conscripts of all ages, resulting in both mental and physical harm, are commonplace in the Paraguayan armed forces and police ,' the organization said....
In a statement issued at the end of an Amnesty International fact-finding mission to Guinea, the organization recommended that: 'The present UN force in Sierra Leone, UNAMSIL, or the proposed ECOWAS...