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Violence Against Women Still A Global Shame
Friday, 23 November 2007, 9:22 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International's highest priority global campaign is to 'Stop Violence Against Women'. This global campaign was launched in 2004 to combat the massive worldwide violence against women. More >>
ASEAN: Human Rights In The Charter And Beyond
Thursday, 22 November 2007, 12:30 pm | Amnesty International
Amnesty International notes that the Charter of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), has been signed by leaders of ASEAN at its 13th Summit now being held in Singapore. More >>
Yahoo! Settlement Vs. Dangers Of China Business
Thursday, 15 November 2007, 9:30 am | Amnesty International
Yahoo's commitments to protect privacy and free speech are suspect given the pledge it signed this summer that further impinges on Chinese users' ability to express political dissent online. More >>
Afghanistan: NATO Risks Complicity In Torture.
Wednesday, 14 November 2007, 10:14 am | Amnesty International
The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan is exposing detainees to real risks of torture or other ill-treatment by Afghan authorities, says Amnesty International in a report released today. More >>
Burma: New Evidence Of Mass Detentions, Deaths
Monday, 12 November 2007, 10:48 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International has today written to Myanmar's authorities with a briefing paper outlining grave and ongoing human rights violations committed since the start of September's crackdown. More >>
Georgia Authorities MustInvestigate Police Actions
Friday, 9 November 2007, 2:40 pm | Amnesty International
Amnesty International is calling on the Georgian authorities to promptly open a thorough, impartial and independent investigation into allegations that special police forces used excessive force when dispersing anti-government demonstrations in the capital, ... More >>
Philippines: Check Claims & Protect Manalo Bros
Thursday, 8 November 2007, 4:06 pm | Amnesty International
On 8 November, Raymond and Reynaldo Manalo, two farmers suspected of being sympathetic to a local insurgency and detained for 18 months, will testify at their hearing at the Supreme Court that they were held illegally and subject to torture, inhuman and ... More >>
Amnesty: The Yahoo! Chinese Journalist Testimony
Thursday, 8 November 2007, 4:05 pm | Amnesty International
The Yahoo! executive missed an opportunity today by failing to offer a clear and specific statement of the company's intention to protect human rights in Internet freedom cases in the future. The harsh reality for Shi Tao and his family is a decade ... More >>
UK: Secret Judicial Proceedings Vs. Risk Of Tortur
Wednesday, 7 November 2007, 9:29 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International considers it deeply unfair that decisions that may have a devastating impact on the lives and safety of these men have been taken in secret. The judicial process in the UK, which has sanctioned reliance on such assurances, has denied the ... More >>
UN Set To Endorse Call For Halt To Executions
Wednesday, 7 November 2007, 9:28 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International today welcomed the decision of 75 countries to co-sponsor a draft resolution at the General Assembly calling on all states worldwide to stop executions and called on all states to resist any amendments that could weaken the ... More >>
Egypt: Sweeping Measures Against Torture Needed
Wednesday, 7 November 2007, 9:27 am | Amnesty International
The three-year prison sentences handed down against two police officers by an Egyptian court today must be used by the authorities to open the way towards punishing all acts of torture and other ill-treatment, Amnesty International said today. More >>
Pakistan Emergency A Direct Assault On Rights
Tuesday, 6 November 2007, 10:22 am | Amnesty International
"Measures that have been portrayed as necessary to protect Pakistan are in fact a wholesale abrogation of fundamental human rights protections and dismantle the very institutions and checks and balances that underpin the country's stability," Khan ... More >>
USA: Habeas Corpus -- Protecting Human Rights
Friday, 2 November 2007, 7:20 am | Amnesty International
Habeas corpus is a fundamental procedure under which detainees can challenge the lawfulness and conditions of their detention in an independent and impartial court of law. More >>
Death Of Jean Charles De Menezes Needs Scrutiny
Friday, 2 November 2007, 7:19 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International is continuing to call for the family of Jean Charles de Menezes to be provided with critical information about all the circumstances surrounding his killing. More >>
Spain: Amnesty Welcomes CCTV In Police Stations
Friday, 2 November 2007, 7:17 am | Amnesty International
Under current law, the investigating judge can order incommunicado detention for persons in custody on terrorism-related charges for a total of up to 13 days, first on police or Civil Guard premises and, after five days, in prison. More >>
S. Leone: Rally For Survivors Of War Sex Violence
Friday, 2 November 2007, 7:16 am | Amnesty International
"For the women of Sierra Leone, the story is not over. They need appropriate healthcare and access to justice, work, economic opportunities and educational opportunities to help them to begin to re-build their lives." More >>
Challenge Racism On Russian Day Of National Unity
Friday, 2 November 2007, 7:15 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty urges the authorities to publicly speak out against racism and violence directed at foreigners and ethnic minorities, and state clearly that racially motivated violence is totally unacceptable. More >>
Lithuania Must Respect Rights Of Gays, Trannies
Friday, 2 November 2007, 7:14 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International is concerned that Lithuania is failing to respect the rights of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) persons to freedom of assembly and freedom of expression. More >>
Women Of Sierra Leone Suffer Painful War Legacy
Friday, 2 November 2007, 7:13 am | Amnesty International
Without appropriate health care and access to work, economic and educational opportunities, the women have found it difficult if not impossible to rebuild their lives after the war, Bernath said. More >>
Iran: Kurdish Human Rights Defenders At Risk
Friday, 2 November 2007, 7:11 am | Amnesty International
Iranian Kurdish journalist and human rights defender Mohammad Sadiq Kabudvand, head of the Human Rights Organization of Kurdistan (HROK), is reportedly being ill-treated in detention More >>
