Web pages about "Human Rights Standards"
Human rights in Libya must be on the agenda of discussions with US - 5 September 2008
As Condoleezza Rice becomes the first US Secretary of State to visit Libya in 55 years, Amnesty International urges the US government to make human rights an integral component of its bilateral cooperation with Libya.UN counter-terrorism review should make human rights a priority - 4 September 2008
As the United Nations General Assembly conducts the first major review of its Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, an Amnesty International report shows how governments have so far failed to uphold the Strategy's human rights standards.Thailand's state of emergency should not infringe on human rights - 2 September 2008
Amnesty International urges the Thai government to respect human rights and to remove restrictions on free speech contained in the emergency decree.Russian authorities ruled responsible for Chechen women's disappearance - 3 June 2008
European Court of Human Rights strongly supports allegations that Aminat Dugaeva and Kurbika Zinabdieva were abducted by Russian servicemen.MEDIA ADVISORY -- Human Rights Council: UPR must deliver on human rights - 7 April 2008
At its inaugural session, Amnesty International today called on the Working Group of the UN Human Rights Council to use the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) to overcome the bias and double standards that plagued the former Commission on Human Rights.Rape: ever present danger for Darfur's women - 14 February 2008
At least 2.3 million people have been displaced by the conflict in Darfur; most now live in more than 65 camps dotted around Darfur.World leaders urged to tackle Musharraf at World Economic Forum - 23 January 2008
Irene Khan has written to world political and business leaders, calling on them to raise the issue of Pakistan's human rights situation with President Musharraf at the World Economic Forum.Bangladesh: Secretary General to lead delegation on eve of anniversary of the state of emergency - 27 December 2007
MEDIA ADVISORY: Irene Khan, Secretary General of Amnesty International, is to lead a mission to Bangladesh to discuss human rights issues with members of the government and civil society. The mission, the first by an Amnesty International Secretary General to the country, comes on the eve of the anniversary of the declaration of the state of emergency and will focus on the rule of law and institutional reform necessary to promote and protect human rights in Bangladesh.Pakistan: Amnesty International condemns assassination of Benazir Bhutto and Pakistan People's Party workers - 27 December 2007
Amnesty International this afternoon strongly condemned the assassination of former Pakistan Prime Minister and chairperson of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Benazir Bhutto and 15 PPP party workers.
"It is shocking to see someone's life cut short in such a brutal way. Attacks such as these can never be justified. They violate international law and the rules of democratic behaviour," said Catherine Baber, Director of Amnesty International's Asia-Pacific Programme.