Highlighted research

Women act against repression and intimidation in Iran

28 February 2008

The Iranian authorities are continuing to harass activists working to defend women’s rights.

Freedom curtailed in the Russian Federation

26 February 2008

There has been a clampdown on the freedoms of assembly and expression in the run-up to parliamentary and presidential elections in the Russian Federation.

Nigeria’s prison system fails its people

26 February 2008

In Nigeria, sixty five percent of prison inmates have never been convicted of any crime, with some awaiting trial for up to ten years.

Cambodia burns homes of the poor

11 February 2008

"Vireak" and his seven children became homeless the day most of the village of Mittapheap 4 was burned to the ground. 

Police ill-treatment plagues Bosnia and Herzegovina

6 February 2008

Police and prison guards in Bosnia and Herzegovina ill-treat prisoners with almost total impunity, according to a new Amnesty International report.

Justice failed in Kosovo

30 January 2008

War crimes and crimes against humanity from the Kosovo conflict in the late 1990s risk being left unpunished as a result of a failed UN justice mission.

Darfur camps flooded with weapons

22 January 2008

The security situation for internally displaced people is on a knife-edge as the UN forces end their third week of operations in Darfur.

Religious minority faces discrimination in Armenia

16 January 2008

Jehovah's Witnesses in Armenia face discrimination and imprisonment because of their beliefs, according to a new Amnesty International report.

Campaigning to end stoning in Iran

15 January 2008

Eleven people in Iran - nine of them women - are waiting to be stoned to death on charges of adultery. Many have been sentenced after grossly unfair trials.

UN resolution on global moratorium on executions

8 December 2007

The United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution 62/149 on 18 December 2007, endorsing the call for a worldwide moratorium on executions.