Amnesty International has called on Nepal’s government to immediately fix the flawed vetting process that allowed an army major charged with murder to participate in the United Nations peace kee
Amnesty International has called for the release of an Iranian student
leader whose arrest and detention have inspired men to cover their hair
in an online solidarity photo campaign.
Mosleh Zamani was hanged on Thursday morning, along with four other unidentified prisoners. He was sentenced to death in 2006 for allegedly raping his girlfriend when he was 17.
The government and President Dalia Grybauskaite have been urged to ensure that next week's report into allegations that the CIA operated a 'black site' in Lithuanian is thorough,
independent, and impartial.
In a new report, Amnesty International says that killings by police officers, often of young people who have either
a criminal record or are suspected of involvement in crime, continue to
be reported.
