A man and a woman were released from prison in the central Iranian city of Esfahan on 4 October following their acquittal in a retrial after their convictions for ...
Youth activists Emin Abdullayev and AdnanHajizade have been sentenced to 30 and 24 months' imprisonmentrespectively on charges of 'hooliganism' and 'inflicting ...
On 6 November, male environmentalist Andrei Zatoka was released after he paid a fine of 1000 Manat (about US$350). Eight days earlier, on 29 October, he had been ...
Musician and activist Igor Koktysh has been detained for over two years for the peaceful expression of his beliefs. If forcibly returned to Belarus, he could face ...
Nine people - eight from the Uighur ethnic group and one of Han Chinese ethnicity - were executed in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR) in western China ...
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. 11 November 2009. AI Index: ASA 20/020/2009. India: Authorities in Madhya Pradesh should stop harassment of activists. ...
Amnesty International has condemned the use of apparently toxicpesticides to intimidate an indigenous community after they resistedbeing forcibly evicted from their ...
