Three men were executed in Japan on Thursday 11 September 2008. Amnesty International has
called for the government to immediately adopt a moratorium on
executions.
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has signed a power-sharing agreement
with the leaders of the two formations of the Movement for Democratic
Change, but the implica
This latest initiative paves the way for other countries to follow
suit, and makes Argentina the sixth country to ratify all the human
rights instruments of the inte
The World is Watching week will see activists and supporters of the Control Arms Campaign in more than 50 countries urge their governments
to reach an agreement on an
With evidence that the CIA operated a secret detention facility in Poland mounting, Amnesty International has welcomed the news that public prosecutors have initiated
Mohamed Erraji was sentenced to two years for “lack of respect due to the King”. His conviction is reported to be related to an article he published on an
With the swearing in of Musharraf's successor, Asif Ali Zardari, the
Pakistani government should act immediately to reverse the country's
human rights record.
The Sri Lankan government’s order for United Nations and
non-governmental aid workers to leave the war-torn northern Wanni
region, could further endanger tens
As Condoleezza Rice becomes the first US Secretary of State to visit
Libya in 55 years, Amnesty International urges the US government to
make human rights an integra
