Maryam Rostampour and Marzieh Amirizadeh Esmaeilabad, two Iranian female converts to Christianity, were released from Evin Prison on 18 November 2009. Both have ...
Human rights defender Mijail Martínez was shot dead on 26 November in Venezuela. He was working on a documentary film that featured the stories of people who have ...
Killings by members of the police, or by clandestine groups in which former or serving members of the police are believed to be involved, continue to be reported ...
Amnesty International called for Syria's Supreme State Security Court (SSSC) to be abolished as the trial of five members of the Kurdish minority resumed today.
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: MDE 19/007/2009. 15 December 2009. Libya: Guarantee rights of Swiss nationals caught-up in diplomatic dispute ...
Army Major Niranjan Basnet has not been arrested on his return to Nepal. Despite instructions from the Prime Minister that he be arrested, military police escorted ...