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Azerbaijan: Election watchdog chief must get fair trial
Wednesday, 18 December 2013, 4:50 pm | Amnesty International
The Azerbaijani authorities must ensure a prompt and fair trial for the chairman of a well-respected election watchdog who was arrested yesterday, Amnesty International said as European leaders signed a major energy deal in the capital Baku. More >>
China’s “Re-education Through Labour” camps
Wednesday, 18 December 2013, 2:34 pm | Amnesty International
China’s abolition of the “Re-education Through Labour” (RTL) system risks being no more than a cosmetic change, with authorities already stepping up other forms of persecution, Amnesty International said in a briefing released today. More >>
Bahrain: Halt detention, abuse and torture of children
Tuesday, 17 December 2013, 8:48 am | Amnesty International
Children are being routinely detained, ill-treated and tortured in Bahrain, said Amnesty International in a new briefing published today. More >>
DRC: Human Rights defenders being Intimidated
Tuesday, 17 December 2013, 8:28 am | Amnesty International
Death threats and intimidation by armed groups and state security forces in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo over the past year have made it extremely difficult for human rights defenders to carry out their work, Amnesty International said today. More >>
Bangladesh: Protect against reprisals
Friday, 13 December 2013, 5:14 pm | Amnesty International
Today’s hanging of Islamist leader Abdul Quader Mollah is a disgrace, and Bangladeshi authorities must now ensure that people are protected against reprisal attacks, said Amnesty International. More >>
Russia: Total disregard for Human Rights
Friday, 13 December 2013, 9:45 am | Amnesty International
A Court in St Petersburg dealt a further blow to human rights in Russia by ordering the Anti-Discrimination Centre (ADC) Memorial to register as a “foreign agent”, Amnesty International said today. More >>
Turkmenistan: Total repression ahead of elections
Thursday, 12 December 2013, 3:03 pm | Amnesty International
Turkmenistan’s authorities have simply paid lip service to reform in a bid to appease the international community said Amnesty International in the run up to parliamentary elections this weekend (15 December). More >>
Asylum seekers held in cruel and prison-like regime
Thursday, 12 December 2013, 8:44 am | Amnesty International
The Australian government is holding more than 1,000 asylum seekers in shameful conditions in a processing centre on Manus Island, Papua New Guinea, said Amnesty International. More >>
India: Top court ruling re-criminalizes homosexual
Thursday, 12 December 2013, 8:19 am | Amnesty International
A ruling by India’s Supreme Court making consensual same-sex conduct between adults a criminal offence marks a black day for freedom in India, Amnesty International India said today. More >>
Russia: Bolotnaya - A Political Show Trial
Wednesday, 11 December 2013, 8:42 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International is calling for the mass riot charges to be dropped against all Bolotnaya defendants. The organization considers Moscow’s ongoing Bolotnaya Square trial as a purely political attempt to paint the protesters as intent on mass ... More >>
AI brings claim against UK over State surveillance
Tuesday, 10 December 2013, 11:51 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International has today announced it has issued a claim against the UK over concerns that the organisation’s communications have been unlawfully accessed by the UK intelligence services. More >>
Central African Republic population in need of protection
Tuesday, 10 December 2013, 10:57 am | Amnesty International
The civilian population of the Central African Republic is in urgent need of protection, Amnesty International said today from the capital Bangui, four days into the worst spate of violence in the conflict to date. More >>
Mali must urgently identify bodies found in mass grave
Friday, 6 December 2013, 3:46 pm | Amnesty International
Authorities in Mali must urgently identify the 21 bodies found in a mass grave last night, believed to belong to soldiers abducted in May 2012, Amnesty International said. More >>
Central African Republic: Escalating bloodshed
Friday, 6 December 2013, 3:11 pm | Amnesty International
Revenge killings are being reported across Bangui and other parts of the Central African Republic today in the aftermath of the military clashes that happened in the early hours of the morning, Amnesty International said today. More >>
Human rights movement owes “a debt of gratitude” to Mandela
Friday, 6 December 2013, 12:55 pm | Amnesty International
Responding to the sad news of Nelson Mandela’s death, Amnesty International paid tribute today to one of the world’s most visionary leaders in the fight to protect and promote human rights. More >>
Movement owes “a debt of gratitude” to Nelson Mandela
Friday, 6 December 2013, 11:56 am | Amnesty International
Responding to the sad news of Nelson Mandela’s death, Amnesty International paid tribute today to one of the world’s most visionary leaders in the fight to protect and promote human rights. More >>
New satellite images show scale of North Korean prison camps
Thursday, 5 December 2013, 1:56 pm | Amnesty International
North Korea’s vast infrastructure of repression is further exposed in new satellite images showing the on-going development of two of the country’s largest political prison camps, Amnesty International discloses today. More >>
Israel: Reject indefinite detention of asylum-seekers
Wednesday, 4 December 2013, 8:38 am | Amnesty International
Israeli lawmakers must reject proposed amendments to the country’s Prevention of Infiltration Law, which would allow thousands of refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants to be held indefinitely in a remote desert detention centre, Amnesty International ... More >>
Central African Republic: UN peacekeeping mission needed
Tuesday, 3 December 2013, 4:04 pm | Amnesty International
Amnesty International Press Release 2 December 2013 Central African Republic: UN peacekeeping mission needed to avoid mass slaughter More >>
UN peacekeeping mission needed to avoid mass slaughter
Monday, 2 December 2013, 3:05 pm | Amnesty International
The UN Security Council has no time to waste to authorise a robust peacekeeping force for deployment to the Central African Republic to protect civilians from the violence and chaos engulfing the country, Amnesty International said today. More >>
