Amnesty International has called for the release of a human rights
activist who went on trial this week for making a video about pollution
in Tunisia and posting it on Facebook.
The European Union and India should work together at the United
Nations to protect human rights in places of crisis, Amnesty
International has said in a letter ahead of the EU India summit in New Delhi.
Amnesty International has condemned the excessive use of force by Iranian security forces that saw scores of peaceful protesters beaten and detained on Wednesday.
Amnesty International has urged that $45 million compensation paid by an oil trading company to
victims of one of the worst toxic dumping scandals in recent years
must reach the people to whom it is owed.
Government representatives meeting in Addis Ababa have been urged by Amnesty International to clearly state they would prevent any
officials accused of genocide, crimes against humanity or war crimes
from seeking safe haven in their countries.
Amnesty International has urged the Guyanese authorities to charge police officers involved in the torture and ill-treatment of three individuals who were detained in relation to a murder investigation.
Amnesty International has welcomed the government's efforts to bring the killers to justice but has said that it deplores the use of the death penalty.
