This briefing details Amnesty International's concerns about the failure by Guatemala to comply with its obligations under the UN Convention against Torture and ...
Two migrants were threatened by armed men outside a migrants' shelter in Lechería, Mexico State. The lives of migrants, staff and volunteers at the shelter are ...
Conflict-related sexual violence against women and girls in Colombia has long been a largely hidden human rights tragedy. Amnesty International's 2011 report showed ...
When Amnesty International was founded in 1961, only nine countries had abolished the death penalty for all crimes. Fifty years on, the trend towards worldwide ...
Saudi Arabian national Hamza Kashgari risks being charged of apostasy, punishable by death, for remarks he posted on Twitter. He was forcibly returned to Saudi ...
Human rights defender and trade unionist Carlos Hernández was shot dead on 8 March in Chiquimula department, eastern Guatemala. He may have been targeted for his ...
