Human rights activist Natalia Estemirova was abducted by armed men from outside her home in Grozny, Chechnya on 15 July 2009. Her body was found later the same day in the neighbouring Republic of Ingushetia with gun shot wounds. Two years later, the Russian authorities have still not provided a full investigation into her murder and nobody has been brought to justice.
Seventeen predominantly Roma families who live in several buildings owned by the Belgrade municipality of Obrenovac are at risk of being forcibly evicted.
Sign a petition to the mayors of Obrenovac and Belgrade.
No more secrecy: Poland’s EU Presidency must lead by example by conducting a transparent, human rights-compliant investigation into alleged complicity in US-led rendition and secret detention
25 June 2011 marks Gilad Shalit’s 1,826th day in captivity in a secret location. His suffering must end now: Amnesty International calls on his captors to meet their obligations to treat him humanely.
Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights organizations in Turkey have fought a long campaign for discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity to be prohibited.
Rachid Nini, a journalist and the editor-in-chief of the el-Massaa’ daily, was sentenced on 9 June 2011 to one year in prison for “undermining a judicial decision”, “attempting to influence the judiciary”, and “reporting on untrue criminal offences” by the Court of First Instance in Ain S’ba’ in Casablanca.
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