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SYRIA HANGED 13,000 IN SAYDNAYA PRISON: AMNESTY
Syrian government executed thousands of prisoners in mass hangings at Saydnaya prison, says rights watchdog... 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›
SYRIA HAS SECRETLY EXECUTED THOUSANDS OF POLITICAL PRISONERS, RIGHTS GROUP SAYS
A report by Amnesty International describes how as many as 13,000 people have been hanged and buried in mass graves at a prison outside Damascus... READ MORE›
WORLD LEADERS ACCUSED OF SHAMEFUL FAILURE OVER REFUGEE CRISIS
Almost 4 million people displaced from Syria have registered with the UN high commissioner for refugees... READ MORE›
AMNESTY: 75,000 REFUGEES TRAPPED ON SYRIA-JORDAN BORDER
Satellite images and footage showing makeshift graveyards reveal plight of stranded refugees, Amnesty says... READ MORE›
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CONSIDERS PUSHING FOR DECRIMINALIZATION OF PROSTITUTION
Prostitution has always been considered a domestic matter, and now Amnesty could elevate it to a point of international human rights law, said Francis A... READ MORE›
AMNESTY SAYS IRAQ AND ALLIES VIOLATED INTERNATIONAL LAW IN MOSUL BATTLE
Amnesty said the toll just in west Mosul from attacks launched by pro-government forces was very likely higher than the 3,706 estimated by monitoring group Airwars... READ MORE›
TURKEY POLICE HOLD RIGHTS ACTIVISTS INCLUDING AMNESTY CHIEF
Turkish police have arrested eight leading human rights activists including Amnesty International's Turkey director Idil Eser in Istanbul... READ MORE›
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL VOTES FOR POLICY CALLING FOR DECRIMINALIZATION OF PROSTITUTION
After the vote, the Coalition for the Abolition of Prostitution, a French organization, vowed that it would no longer work with Amnesty International... 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›
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›
COLOMBIA PARDONS 110 FARC REBELS AS PART OF PEACE DEAL
The Colombian government has pardoned at least 110 FARC rebels as part of a peace deal to end a 52-year conflict, the country's justice minister said... READ MORE›
'FORCED LABOUR' AT WORLD CUP STADIUM
Rights group Amnesty International has accused Qatar of using forced labour at a flagship World Cup 2022 stadium... READ MORE›
MIGRANT WORKERS SUFFER 'APPALLING TREATMENT' IN QATAR WORLD CUP STADIUMS, SAYS AMNESTY
Amnesty report accuses Fifa and Qatari authorities of ongoing indifference to systemic abuse of workers on stadiums that will host the 2022 World Cup... READ MORE›
EXECUTIONS AND DEATH SENTENCES WORLDWIDE: INTERACTIVE
At least 778 executions were carried out across the world in 2013, with even more death sentences handed down. This interactive shows statistics gathered by Amnesty International... READ MORE›
WORLD'S BIGGEST HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP WANTS TO LEGALIZE PROSTITUTION
The document reiterates Amnesty's continuing opposition to human trafficking and the sexual exploitation of minors... READ MORE›
AMNESTY: 'ALARMING SURGE' IN EXECUTIONS
Amnesty estimates that China is the world's top executioner, with deaths last year in the thousands... READ MORE›
RAED JARRAR'S DETENTION BY ISRAEL RAISES ALARM
Similarly, Jarrar said that Israeli officials at the border criticised and questioned him over Amnesty's work on settlements... READ MORE›
'WAR ON THE POOR': AMNESTY SLAMS DUTERTE'S ANTI-DRUG CAMPAIGN AS 'CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY'
'War on the poor' Amnesty slams Duterte's anti-drug campaign as 'crime against humanity' -- RT News... READ MORE›
AMNESTY DEMANDS INQUIRY INTO ALLEGATIONS OF TORTURE OF SUSPECTS
Richard Bennett, Amnesty International's Asia-Pacific Programme Director, said: "The Thai authorities must initiate an independent, effective and transparent investigation into mounting allegations of torture and other ill-treatment by police... READ MORE›
US-BACKED KURDISH FORCES 'COMMITTING WAR CRIMES AGAINST SYRIAN CIVILIANS'
US-backed Kurdish forces 'committing war crimes against Syrian civilians'... READ MORE›
RISE IN DEATH SENTENCES WORLDWIDE BLAMED ON SECURITY CRACKDOWNS
Last year at least 2,466 death sentences were passed in 55 countries, says Amnesty, up from 1,925 in 2013... READ MORE›
AMNESTY: UP TO 13,000 HANGED IN SYRIA PRISON SINCE 2011
Sickened by reports from Amnesty International on executions in Syria... READ MORE›
HAS SWEDEN'S DECRIMINALISATION OF PROSTITUTION WORKED?
Amnesty says the proposed policy drew on an extensive evidence base, including UN agencies, sex workers, abolitionist organisations and anti-trafficking groups... READ MORE›
TURKISH COURT ORDERS ARREST OF SIX HUMAN RIGHTS WORKERS ON TERRORISM CHARGES
This is not a legitimate prosecution, Salil Shetty, Amnesty's international director, said in a statement... READ MORE›
TURKEY UNITY RALLY DRAWS THOUSANDS AS POST-COUP TORTURE CLAIMS EMERGE
Istanbul's Taksim square fills on Sunday for first cross-party rally to condemn coup plot against Recep Tayyip Erdogan... READ MORE›
CHINA URGED TO COME CLEAN ABOUT 'GROTESQUE' LEVEL OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
China must come clean about the 'grotesque' level of capital punishment, Amnesty said in a news release accompanying its 2016 global review of the death penalty... READ MORE›
ACTIVISTS GO ON TRIAL IN TURKEY ON TERROR CHARGES
Eight human rights activists on trial in Turkey on alleged terror charges, including a senior Amnesty International official, have been released on bail... READ MORE›
EGYPT 'HUNTING DOWN' GAY PEOPLE, CONDUCTING ANAL EXAMS, SAYS AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
Amnesty said the Forensic Medical Authority was due to subject the six men to anal examinations to determine whether they have had homosexual sex... READ MORE›
KURDISH FORCES ARE WAGING 'REVENGE' CAMPAIGN IN IRAQ
Western-backed Kurdish forces are deliberately destroying Arab villages in a revenge campaign that could amount to war crimes, according to a new Amnesty International report... READ MORE›