Japan

Japan should adopt death penalty moratorium - 15 September 2008

Three men were executed in Japan on Thursday 11 September 2008. Amnesty International has called for the government to immediately adopt a moratorium on executions.

Japan must respect rights of detained Greenpeace activists - 15 July 2008

Amnesty International has expressed its deep concern to the prime minister of Japan about the detention of two Greenpeace activists, Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki, wh

Japan: Environmental activists must be treated in accordance with international law - 14 July 2008

Amnesty International has expressed its deep concern to the prime minister of Japan about the detention of two Greenpeace activists, Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki, wh

'Comfort Women': waiting for justice after 62 years - 5 July 2008

Thousands of women known as ‘comfort women’, were forced into sexual servitude by the Government of Japan for sexual servitude for the armed forces in the

Japan: executions must stop, says Amnesty International - 10 April 2008

Amnesty International deeply regrets the hanging of four men -- Akinaga Kaoru, 61, Nakamoto Masayoshi, 64, Nakamura Masahuru, 61 and Sakamoto Masahito, 41 -- in

Japan: Amnesty International condemns new round of “streamlined” executions - 1 February 2008

Amnesty International strongly condemns the hanging in Japan today of three men: Keishi NAGO (aged 37), Masahiko MATSUBARA (aged 63), and Takashi MOCHIDA (aged 65).

Video: Worldwide actions to close Guantánamo - 18 January 2008

Thousands of people, including Amnesty International members and supporters from around the world, have taken action to mark the sixth anniversary of the first transfe

The world shouts 'Close Guantánamo' - 16 January 2008

Thousands join worldwide protests marking the sixth anniversary of the first transfers of detainees to Guantánamo on 11 January.