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SOUTH AFRICAN ACTIVIST TO HEAD AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL


Renowned international rights group Amnesty International has chosen South African civil society leader, anti-apartheid campaigner and life-long activist Kumi Naidoo as the organisation's next Secretary General... READ MORE

22nd December, 2017 7

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

17th October, 2017 0

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

9th October, 2017 1097

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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

22nd February, 2017 19504

FRANCE CAN NOW SHUT DOWN ANY WEBSITE AND SEARCH WHOEVER IT WANTS


Police in France have been given huge new powers including the ability to put people under house arrest without trial and to block websites... READ MORE

20th November, 2015 10692

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

22nd October, 2015 9144

EXCLUSIVE: OVERRULING DIPLOMATS, U.S. TO DROP IRAQ, MYANMAR FROM CHILD SOLDIERS' LIST


Human Rights Watch said in January that it had learned that militias had been recruiting child soldiers from one Iraqi refugee camp since last spring... READ MORE

24th June, 2017 9022

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

13th October, 2016 5130

4 CARTOONS THAT SUM UP THE ABSURDITY OF SAUDI ARABIA LEADING A UN HUMAN RIGHTS PANEL


Cartoons taunting Saudi Arabia's membership of the United Nations human rights council have gone viral on social media after the kingdom executed 47 people in one day... READ MORE

3rd January, 2016 3618

HOW THE WORLD VIOLATES HUMAN RIGHTS, COUNTRY BY COUNTRY


12 18PM GMT 02 Feb 2015 This map provides a snapshot of the human rights violations identified by Human Rights Watch HRW in their 25th annual review... READ MORE

2nd February, 2015 3292

'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

28th February, 2016 3162

IRAQI FORCES ACCUSED OF KILLING CIVILIANS NEAR MOSUL


Iraqi denial Later on Thursday, Iraq's federal police issued a statement denying its forces had been involved in extrajudicial killings... READ MORE

10th November, 2016 2743

SAUDI WOMEN REGISTER TO VOTE FOR THE FIRST TIME


Two women in Saudi Arabia made history last week when they became the country's first registered female voters, according to local media... READ MORE

24th August, 2015 2383

EMERGENCE OF POPULIST LEADERS THREATENS DEMOCRACY, SAYS HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH


Companies needed to take a clear, unequivocal stance that did not tolerate links to human rights abuses anywhere in their operations and supply chains, said Zeid... READ MORE

13th January, 2017 2158

SAUDI ARABIA EXECUTES TOP SHIA CLERIC


Saudi Arabia has executed the prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, the interior ministry said... READ MORE

2nd January, 2016 1978

WOMEN IN SAUDI ARABIA VOTE FOR THE FIRST TIME


Saudi officials first proposed allowing women to vote in 2005, according to Human Rights Watch... READ MORE

12th December, 2015 1970

LOOMING CRUCIFIXION SPARKS GLOBAL CALLS TO SPARE LIFE OF YOUNG SAUDI ALI MOHAMMED AL-NIMR


Many Western countries, including the United States and Australia, have diplomatic and trading ties with Saudi Arabia... READ MORE

24th September, 2015 1864

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

4th January, 2016 1853

FIRST WOMEN ELECTED TO OFFICE IN SAUDI ARABIA


Saudi officials first proposed allowing women to vote in 2005, according to Human Rights Watch... READ MORE

13th December, 2015 1780

ALLEGED SAUDI COALITION STRIKE ON REFUGEE BOAT CONDEMNED BY HRW


UNHCR said it was appalled by the deaths of refugees. All parties to the conflict denied involvement in the attack... READ MORE

26th March, 2017 1563

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

30th March, 2017 1514

HACKERS TARGET SAUDI WEBSITES AS TEENAGER ALI MOHAMMED AL-NIMR AWAITS EXECUTION


An innocent young teenage boy has been sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia and we will not stand by and watch they warned... READ MORE

28th September, 2015 1498

BRITISH FAMILY SAYS 74-YEAR-OLD GRANDFATHER FACES 350 LASHES FROM SAUDI ARABIA FOR ILLEGAL WINE


Saudi Arabia has responded to these criticisms forcefully over the past year, arguing that its legal system is based on sharia, or Islamic law... READ MORE

13th October, 2015 1451

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

18th July, 2017 1361

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

22nd February, 2017 1343

HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW ABOUT LIFE AS A WOMAN IN SAUDI ARABIA?


Women in Saudi Arabia go to the polls for the first time on 12 December. Test your knowledge on some of their freedoms and restrictions... READ MORE

12th December, 2015 1317

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

12th July, 2015 1147

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL WARNS OF RISE OF 'FEAR AND DISUNITY'


Human rights at risk amid rise of 'fear and disunity' Amnesty International... READ MORE

22nd February, 2017 1063

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

23rd October, 2015 1059

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

15th December, 2015 1030

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

22nd February, 2017 935

DEADLY AIR STRIKE HITS MARKET IN YEMEN


More than 45 civilians reported killed at livestock market in apparent air strike by Saudi-led coalition... READ MORE

6th July, 2015 928

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

27th July, 2015 915


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