Women’s human rights defender Patricia Orozco has received death threats and threats of sexual violence by phone and text (SMS) message, in an apparent attempt ...
Ninety-two children are among a group of 158 Lao Hmong refugees whohave been held under harsh conditions at a detention centre in Thailand for two years.
On 17 April, five members of Me’ phaa Indigenous People’s Organization (OPIM) were detained and charged with the murder of Alejandro Feliciano García on 1 January ...
Thousands of women in Armenia are regularly subjected to violence within their families. Women who try to defend themselves from violence and seek justice face ...
Fourteen dissidents are sentenced to 65 years' imprisonment each, as Myanmar's military government ignores calls bythe international community to clean up its human ...
Amnesty International's Secretary General Irene Khan led a mission toChile in at the beginning of November to assess the country’s humanrights situation.
The Afghan government must immediately repeal the death sentences against 111 people who are on death row, Amnesty International said today, following reports of ...
