AI remains concerned for the safety of political prisoners in Abu Salim prison in Tripoli in the aftermath of a mutiny which has left scores dead. The mutiny, which ...
1. Russia, Ukraine: Council of Europe demands cessation of executions; 2. AI calls on China to stop mass executions; 3. USA: New law restricts death penalty appeals ...
1. Bahrain: Hundreds arrested as protests flare up; 2. Senegal: Widespread use of torture persists with impunity while human rights abuses continue in Casamance ...
Col. Miftah Qarrum al-Wirfali, Major Ramadhan al-'Ayhuri, Major Khalil Salam al-Jidiq, Major Miftah Bahr, Major 'Abdallah al-Waa'ir, Lt-Col Daw al Salihin al- ...
AI has received reports that the nine people named above may be at imminent risk of execution. According to these reports, at the end of August 1995 members of ...
Dozens of suspected Islamists are reported to have been arrested following violent clashes between the security forces and armed Islamist groups in Benghazi on ...
1. Haiti: Shanty-town residents die in mass killings; 2. USA: Governor allows death penalty to be reinstated; 3. Spain: Prisoner hangs himself after beatings; 4 ...