Activists and supporters of Amnesty International will launch a week of action on Monday highlighting the continued detention of thousands of displaced civilians in government camps in Sri Lanka.
The Iranian authorities must halt the imminent execution of Sherko
Moarefi, a Kurdish man convicted of "enmity against God" over his
alleged membership of a proscribed Kurdish organization.
President Obama must use his first official visit to China to urge the authorities to reverse the sharp rise in human rights violations in the country, Amnesty International said on Friday.
Amnesty International has welcomed the commitment by the Macedonian authorities to ensure that the International Day for Tolerance march in Skopje goes ahead on 16 November without hindrance.
Youth activists Emin Abdullayev and Adnan
Hajizade have been sentenced to 30 and 24 months' imprisonment
respectively on charges of 'hooliganism' and 'inflicting minor bodily
harm'.
Belarusian youth activists sentenced to 'restricted freedom' for
attending a peaceful protest have told Amnesty International how they
were targeted by the authorities.
