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.
An attempt to defraud victims of the Trafigura toxic waste dump
disaster out of $45 million must be stopped, Amnesty International said
on Friday in an open letter.
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.
The trial of five men accused of belonging to an unauthorized political party resumes at the Supreme State Security Court this week. The court does not operate in accordance with international standards of fair trial.
Khamisa Mohammed Sawadi and two younger men, face up to 40 lashes and imprisonment for being in the company of members of the opposite sex who are not close relatives.
The Nepali government must ensure that Major Niranjan Basnet is arrested
immediately and transferred to a civilian court for trial for torturing Maina Sunuwar to death.
