Reports

Secrecy surrounds death penalty

15 April 2008

At least 1,200 people were executed in 2007 and many more were killed by the state, in secret, in countries including China, Mongolia and Viet Nam.

Gangs and police cripple Jamaica's inner cities

2 April 2008

Poor inner city Jamaicans are left at the mercy of gangs and abusive police officers who are rarely, if ever, brought to justice for human rights abuses.

What human rights legacy for the Beijing Olympics?

1 April 2008

Liu Jingmin, Vice-President of the Beijing Olympic Bid Committee, said In 2001 that allowing Beijing to host the Games would “help the development of human right

South Africa: Rural women the losers in HIV response

18 March 2008

Rural women living with HIV in circumstances of poverty in South Africa face discrimination in relationships and in communities because of their gender, HIV statu

Carnage and despair in Iraq

17 March 2008

Five years after the US-led invasion of Iraq, the country is still in disarray.

Women act against repression and intimidation in Iran

28 February 2008

The Iranian authorities are continuing to harass activists working to defend women’s rights.

Nigeria’s prison system fails its people

26 February 2008

In Nigeria, sixty five percent of prison inmates have never been convicted of any crime, with some awaiting trial for up to ten years.

Freedom curtailed in the Russian Federation

26 February 2008

There has been a clampdown on the freedoms of assembly and expression in the run-up to parliamentary and presidential elections in the Russian Federation.

Cambodia burns homes of the poor

11 February 2008

"Vireak" and his seven children became homeless the day most of the village of Mittapheap 4 was burned to the ground. 

Police ill-treatment plagues Bosnia and Herzegovina

6 February 2008

Police and prison guards in Bosnia and Herzegovina ill-treat prisoners with almost total impunity, according to a new Amnesty International report.