Last night’s assault on human rights activist Lev Ponomarev must be
investigated fully and independently by the Russian authorities. Those
responsible must be
The investigation into the murder of human rights journalist Anna
Politkovskaya must continue with renewed vigour, Amnesty International
said today as a jury in a Mo
The Russian authorities must accept and implement the recommendations
put forward by other states and adopted today by the UN Human Rights
Council with a view of imp
Amnesty International considers four members of the political
opposition in Russia to be possible prisoners of conscience as they may
have been detained by police so
Amnesty International strongly condemns the murder of lawyer and human
rights defender Stanislav Markelov. He was shot dead today in the
centre of Moscow as he prepa
The Austrian government should bring to justice those responsible for the killing of a Chechen man who had alleged he had been tortured by the now Chechen president Ra
Over one hundred countries voted overwhelmingly in favour of a second
resolution on "Moratorium on the use of the death penalty" at the
United Nations on T
