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03 December 2008
Wo Weihan, a 59-year-old medical scientist who was found guilty of
spying for Taiwan, was executed in China on Friday. His daughters and
his son-in-law describe how
03 December 2008
A Zimbabwean human rights activist was abducted from her home at dawn
on Wednesday by a group of armed plain-clothes men who identified
themselves as policemen.
03 December 2008
Ninety two states have signed the Convention on Cluster Munitions - which
bans the production, stockpiling, use and export of cluster bombs.
02 December 2008
The United Nations is not doing enough to help protect civilians in the
Democratic Republic of Congo, warns Amnesty International.
02 December 2008
Two senior former officials in Saddam Hussein's government were sentenced to death on Tuesday.
01 December 2008
To mark World AIDS Day on Monday, 1 December 2008, Amnesty
International has welcomed signs of the South African government's
change of direction.
01 December 2008
Journalists in Croatia are being violently targeted for trying to
expose the truth about war crimes and corruption, while the country's
leaders fail to protect them.
01 December 2008
The death toll following 60 hours of siege in Mumbai has officially been put at nearly 180 in various attacks.
29 November 2008
On the International Day of Women Human Rights Defenders, Amnesty International reiterates its call for the protection and promotion of their rights and work.
28 November 2008
Unprecedented in their level of coordination, the attacks in Mumbai, India, targeted public places and tourist destinations, leaving a further 300 people injured.
28 November 2008
Under the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA), which will take effect on
31 December, around 16,000 prisoners held by the US will be transferred
to Iraqi custody.
28 November 2008
The execution of a Chinese scientist on Friday is the latest in a
series of executions that are going against the global trend towards a
moratorium on the death pena
27 November 2008
Activists are demonstrating around the world to call for urgent and
effective protection of civilians in Eastern Democratic Republic of
Congo.
26 November 2008
The Court of Appeals in Algiers upheld the conviction of a prominent
human rights lawyer, Amine Sidhoum, on Wednesday.
26 November 2008
An innovative two-day meeting in London – organised by Amnesty International – has brought together Roma and human rights activists from across Europe.
25 November 2008
Irene Khan, Amnesty International writes about the links between violence against women and poverty to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Again
25 November 2008
A draft law in Colombia aiming to grant reparation to victims of the
country's 40-year conflict has been called "discriminatory" by Amnesty
International.
24 November 2008
Clashes between supporters of the government party and those of the opposition, have been fuelled by accusations of fraud and vote rigging during this month's election
24 November 2008
The Kuala Lumpur High Court acquitted a prominent migrant workers' rights activist on Monday.
21 November 2008
An interview with Sister Prejean, Roman Catholic nun, formidable campaigner against the death penalty and author of the Pulitzer Prize nominated book, Dead Man Walking
