David Lee Powell was executed in the US state of Texas on 15 June for the murder of a police officer committed in May 1978. He had been on death row for more than ...
Heavily armed policemen forced their way into a Mexican women's shelter on 9 June. This has threatened the safety and security of the women inside, many of whom ...
On 14 June, the Board of Pardons and Parole in Utah, USA, denied clemency to Ronnie Lee Gardner. His lawyers have filed a civil rights lawsuit in federal court ...
More than 2600 oil and gas wells have been drilled on Lubicon Cree land in Canada. This intensive development has taken place against the wishes of the Lubicon ...
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: AMR 23/023/2010. 14 June 2010. Colombia: Soldiers found guilty of killing husband of Indigenous leader. ...
As the spotlight focuses on the world's greatest football tournament, Amnesty International highlights some of the human rights issues facing the host nation ...
Some four million Pakistanis have been caught in a human rights and humanitarian crisis that has gripped northwest Pakistan since 2004. The conflict and associated ...