Omar Khadr was taken into US custody when he was 15 years old after being wounded during a battle in Afghanistan. After detention at Bagram airbase, he was transferred ...
Arwad Muhammad 'Izzat al-Boushi was released on 3 November. He was one of the 190 political prisoners released under a presidential amnesty to mark the Muslim ' ...
Hussein Sumaida, who has dual Iraqi/Tunisian nationality, has not been seen since he was forcibly returned from Canada to Tunisia on 6 September. He is believed ...
This document, a joint publication from Amnesty International, IANSA and Oxfam, looks at the G8 countries and how, contrary to their responsibilities and legal ...
This briefing paper, jointly produced by Amnesty International, IANSA and Oxfam, focuses on one particular aspect of the proliferation of arms - international arms ...
1.) USA: Child executions banned; 2.) Mexico abolishes the death penalty; 3.) UN calls abolition "essential" for human rights; 4.) New UN quinquennial report on ...
On the occasion of its election to the Bureau of the 61st session of the United Nations (UN) Commission on Human Rights (the Commission), Amnesty International ...
In this document Amnesty International focuses on four of the 12 Critical Areas of Concern of the Platform for Action: Violence against women, Women and armed conflict ...