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DEATH PENALTY IN INDIA HAS NO CLEAR GUIDELINES, NEW RESEARCH REVEALS
Most of the judges felt that since there are very few executions, retaining capital punishment is justified... READ MORE›
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OFFICIALS AMONG 11 FACING TURKEY 'TERROR' TRIAL
Amnesty's Turkey chairman Taner Kilic, imprisoned in June, will be tried alongside the 10... READ MORE›
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL'S DIRECTOR IN TURKEY CHARGED WITH HELPING TERROR GROUPS
Amnesty International's secretary general, Salil Shetty, visited Eser in prison in September and has called the terrorism accusations absurd... READ MORE›
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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL JUST WENT THERE: NEW REPORT COMPARES POLITICS TODAY TO THE 1930S
In its latest report, Amnesty International just compared the rise of anti-immigrant sentiment and populist rhetoric in 2016 to the 1930s, singling out President Trump in particular... READ MORE›
THOUSANDS HANGED AT SAYDNAYA PRISON, AMNESTY SAYS
As many as 13,000 people, most of them civilian opposition supporters, have been executed in secret at a prison in Syria, Amnesty International says... READ MORE›
UK ACCUSED OF DOING CHINA'S BIDDING AFTER POLICE RAID HOME OF TIANANMEN SQUARE SURVIVOR OVER PEACEFUL PROTEST
Dr Jiang, traumatised after witnessing seeing Chinese soldiers shoot fellow unarmed protesters at Tiananmen Square in 1989, was re-arrested in 1995 before fleeing China in 2003... READ MORE›
WOMAN CONVICTED AS JUVENILE FACES DEATH IN IRAN
On October 2014, a criminal judge sentenced the once child bride to death by hanging, Amnesty International says... READ MORE›
EGYPT COURT OVERTURNS MOHAMED MORSI'S LIFE SENTENCE
PROFILE Egypt's deposed president Mohamed Morsi He was also accused of sharing state secrets with foreign powers, including Qatar... READ MORE›
'LADY SOS': THE WOMAN SAVING SYRIAN REFUGEES AT SEA
Muslims and refugees are being scapegoated and alienated as attacks claimed by ISIL rise, Human Rights Watch says... READ MORE›
MENTALLY ILL MAN SET TO DIE IN ARKANSAS 'CONVEYOR BELT' EXECUTIONS
Later, after he was put on death row in Arkansas, he was observed to be a loner who lived in almost total isolation... READ MORE›
DRAWINGS OF POLICE TORTURING A SUSPECT CAPTIVATE CHINA
Mr. Liu said in the telephone interview that he was not afraid of possible retaliation from the police over the drawings... READ MORE›
SAUDI ARABIA EXECUTES ONE OF ITS OWN YOUNG PRINCES FOR MURDER FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1975
Prince Turki was arrested after killing Abdul Karim Mohaimeed in December 2012, according to Saudi media reports... READ MORE›
JAMES HOLMES SPARED DEATH PENALTY FOR US CINEMA KILLINGS
Profile Aurora gunman James Holmes In July, Holmes was convicted on 165 counts of murder, attempted murder and an explosives charge over the shootings in Aurora, Colorado... READ MORE›
GOVERNMENT URGED TO REVEAL ITS ROLE IN GETTING SAUDI ARABIA A UN HUMAN RIGHTS ROLE
Exclusive UK Government urged to reveal its role in getting Saudi Arabia onto UN Human Rights Council... READ MORE›
PALESTINIAN POET ASHRAF FAYADH'S DEATH SENTENCE QUASHED BY SAUDI COURT
Adam Coogle, a Middle East researcher at Human Rights Watch, said Instead of beheading Ashraf Fayadh, a Saudi court has ordered a lengthy imprisonment and flogging... READ MORE›
BANGLADESHI FRUIT PICKERS SHOT AT BY GREEK FARMERS WIN HUMAN RIGHTS CASE
Morsed Chowdury, the lead applicant in the European case, and the human rights watchdog Amnesty International welcomed the decision taken by the court in Strasbourg, France... READ MORE›
CHINA COURT CLEARS CONVICTED KILLER 21 YEARS AFTER HIS EXECUTION
China's top court overturned Nie Shubin's conviction Friday, in a landmark case that exposed deep flaws in China's criminal justice system... READ MORE›
SAUDI ARABIA TO EXECUTE 15 PEOPLE OVER SPYING FOR IRAN
At least 158 death sentences were carried out in Saudi Arabia in 2015, the third most executions for any country, after Iran and Pakistan, according to Amnesty International... READ MORE›
TURKEY HOLDS SIX RIGHTS ACTIVISTS ON CHARGES OF AIDING TERROR GROUP
After this decision none of us who defend human rights in Turkey, whether it is Amnesty International or other organisations, are safe in this country... READ MORE›
DIVISIVE POLITICAL RHETORIC A DANGER TO THE WORLD, AMNESTY SAYS
Politicians who have used a divisive and dehumanised rhetoric are creating a more divided and dangerous world, says rights group Amnesty International... READ MORE›
PALU JOURNAL A CITY TURNS TO FACE INDONESIAS MURDEROUS PAST
Mastura signed a local regulation officially recognizing human rights abuse victims in the city... READ MORE›
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL WARNS OF RISE OF 'FEAR AND DISUNITY'
Human rights at risk amid rise of 'fear and disunity' Amnesty International... READ MORE›
THIS RANT COMPARING IDS AND CHINA WAS TOO MUCH FOR EVEN THE QUESTION TIME AUDIENCE
I just wonder how the Conservative government can scrutinise China for their human rights violations when they are being investigated themselves he said... READ MORE›
PUTIN SIGNS LAW ALLOWING RUSSIA TO OVERTURN RULINGS OF INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS COURTS
MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin has signed a law allowing Russia's Constitutional Court to decide whether or not to implement rulings of international human rights courts... READ MORE›
AMNESTY: TOXIC FEAR MONGERING PUSHING BACK HUMAN RIGHTS
Even states that once claimed to champion rights abroad are now too busy rolling back human rights at home to hold others to account, Amnesty said... READ MORE›
WHY IS IT LEFT TO US NGOS TO EXPOSE AUSTRALIAN MINING'S WRONGDOING IN AFRICA?
The economy of Eritrea has experienced considerable growth in recent years, explains the website for Australian mining company Danakali... READ MORE›
FIVE HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSERS BACKED BY THE U.S. WHOM YOU NEVER HEARD OF
More than 30 were killed, mostly at the hands of Bahraini security forces, and hundreds more were wounded, according to human rights groups... READ MORE›
JORDAN EXECUTES 15 PEOPLE, INCLUDING 10 MEN CONVICTED OF TERRORISMA
Jordan on Saturday executed 10 men convicted of terrorism charges, including deadly attacks on tourists, Jordanian security forces and a local writer, the government spokesman said... READ MORE›
U.S. BLOCKS SOME ANTI-DRUG FUNDS FOR MEXICO OVER HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNS
State Department has decided that Mexico failed to reach some human rights goals triggering a cutoff of millions of dollars in aid... READ MORE›
NOT BEING TORTURED ISN'T THE ONLY HUMAN RIGHT WE TAKE FOR GRANTED
A day does not go by without news reports of grave human rights abuses in countries across all regions of the world... READ MORE›
SENIOR UN OFFICIAL CASTIGATES WORLD BANK OVER ITS APPROACH TO HUMAN RIGHTS
For decades, the World Bank has argued that human rights and development are mutually reinforcing... READ MORE›
BAHRAIN CITY HALL SET ON FIRE AFTER EXECUTIONS
'Dark day' for Bahrain Demonstrators tried to reach the main street of Sanabis, the hometown of the three executed men, but were blocked by security forces... READ MORE›
AI WEIWEI ACCUSES CAMERON OF SACRIFICING BRITAIN'S VALUES BY PURSUING CHINA'S MONEY
Ai Weiwei accuses David Cameron of sacrificing UK's human rights record for Chinese cash... READ MORE›