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UN Commission on Human Rights criticised for failing to protect human rights in Iraq

In this year's UNCHR session the draft resolution on Iraq has been continuously postponed in efforts to reach a compromise yet still it fails to include human rights monitors. It also limits the remit...

Iraq: Stripped naked and humiliated by US soldiers

The pictures reveal that someone has written the words 'Ali Baba - Haram(i)' (which means Ali Baba - thief) in Arabic on the prisoners' chests. The article quotes a US military officer as saying that...

Argentina: Amnesty International demands investigation into death threats against journalist

The organisation wants UK journalists to support Clara Britos by demanding that the Argentine authorities protect her and her family, allowing Britos to perform her work without threats and harassment...

USA: New report shows racist bias in death sentencing

Blacks and whites are victims of murder in almost equal numbers in the USA, but 80 per cent of those executed since the death penalty resumed in 1977 were put to death for murders involving white...

Amnesty International Media Awards 2003: Shortlist announced - Charles Wheeler to host

The winners will be announced at an evening awards ceremony at BAFTA, London, on Thursday 22 May 2003, to be hosted by journalist and broadcaster Charles Wheeler. The Amnesty International UK Media...

Russia: 'Hitler Birthday' Race Attacks Warning

The human rights organisation, which has this week issued an 'Urgent Action' alert on the risk to ethnic minority and asylum-seeker groups in Russia, is concerned that - as in previous years - these...

Iraq: Response to Mosul demonstrations shocking - Coalition's use of force questioned

At least three people were killed and 12 injured, including two Children's rights, during an incident yesterday in which US forces exchanged gunfire during a demonstration near the governor's building...

Iraq: Response to Mosul demonstrations shocking - Coalition's use of force questioned

At least three people were killed and 12 injured, including two Children's rights, during an incident yesterday in which US forces exchanged gunfire during a demonstration near the governor's building...

Chechnya: UN Commission defeat a blow for human rights protection

Amnesty International said: 'Human rights abuses continue to take place on a daily basis in Chechnya. 'The Commission's lack of action on this situation is a blatant disregard of the suffering of the...

Tasers Could Kill: Treat Them Like Lethal Weapons, Says Amnesty International

As police forces in London, North Wales, Thames Valley, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire begin participation in new taser trials, Amnesty International says that these controversial weapons have not...