The trial of 49 people before an emergency court for alleged
involvement in the violent protests of 6 April 2008 in the city of
Mahalla is due to resume on 6 Septemb
As the United Nations General Assembly conducts the first major
review of its Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, an Amnesty
International report shows how government
Amnesty International called on the Pakistan government to reveal the
fate and whereabouts of hundreds of disappeared people, amid
international protests to mark the
Irene Khan, Secretary General of Amnesty International, calls on
Pakistan's new government to publish details on those held in secret
detention and shed light on the
On the 25th International Day of the Disappeared, Amnesty International and Amina Janjua, the founder of Defence of Human Rights, called upon the Pakistan governm
Sussan Tahmasebi, founding member, Campaign for Equality. This Iranian women's movement seeks to change all gender-biased laws in Iran. Its 'One Million Signatures Cam
Since the International Day of the Disappeared was started in 1983, the government practice of kidnapping, abducting or detaining people and
holding them in secret ha
The trial of Radovan Karadzic resumes today in The Hague. But are a small number of high profile trials enough to heal
the wounds caused by the horrific violations of