1. Cambodia: Human rights steadily eroded since elections. 2. Ecuador: Army and police tortured Putumayo detainees. 3. Argentina: Former naval officer speaks out ...
AI fears that Kamal Abualgasim faces torture in incommunicado detention and is at risk of "disappearance". He was arrested on 28 February 1995 for taking part in ...
AI delivered three oral statements to the 51st session of the UN Commission on Human Rights. It made statements on the UN's thematic mechanisms, particularly concerning ...
1. Women and war. 2. News event advisory: press conference on women and human rights. 3. Sudan: Security police target women protestors for beatings and threats ...
AI is seriously concerned for the safety of the relatives of 28 army officers executed in 1990. In recent days, as in previous years, several women have been detained ...
1. Israel and the Occupied Territories: Human rights under threat from both sides; 2. Afghanistan: International community ignores killing and torture of civilians ...
1. Sudan: Government's invitation to meet Amnesty International reportedly withdrawn. 2. Pakistan: Acquittal of a Muslim sentenced to death for blasphemy.
1. Turkey: Human rights violations out of control as government maintains policy of denial. 2. Albania: Amnesty International renews appeal to President Berisha ...