1.) Execution rate falls in 2006 as pressure grows for a universal moratorium; 2.) Rwanda abolishes the death penalty; 3.) Stop press: Abolitionist and retentionist ...
Maria Luisa García Andrade, Marisela Ortíz Rivera and members of 'Our daughters return home' and the National Association of Democratic Lawyers have been threatened ...
Four of the people arrested on 13 June have been released without charge. They are Alfatih Abdallah, Ghazafi Abdulmotalib, Abuobaida Awad and Abualgasim Farahana ...
Jailed human rights defender Chen Guangcheng, aged 35, was severely beaten by other prisoners on the orders of prison guards on 16 June, and denied medical treatment ...
Two lawyers, Jesús Manuel Grijalva Mejia (m) and Mayen Arellanes Cano (f), working on behalf of protesters arrested in Oaxaca state, have been threatened over the ...
There are fears for the lives of human rights defenders working at the Women's Rehabilitation Centre (WOREC) in Bastipur Village Development Committee, Siraha ...
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. Public Statement. AI Index: MDE 13/073/2007 (Public). News Service No: 108. 12 June 2007. Iran: Women’s rights activists released. ...
