Amnesty International today condemned the further and wholly avoidable loss of up to 8-15 lives in Iran during the ‘Ashoura religious commemorations. The organization ...
A mob with official backing is attempting to evict nearly 200 Buddhist monks and nuns from a monastery in central Viet Nam. The group have been sheltering there ...
British national Akmal Shaikh has exhausted all his appeals against his drug-smuggling conviction. According to the UK Foreign Office, he is scheduled to be executed ...
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI index: MDE 13/133/2009. Date 23 December 2009. Iran: Iran must allow peaceful gatherings during ‘Ashoura. ...
Richard Blanco, a male local government official from Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, is being detained in a prison in Caracas without any evidence of him having ...
At least five people, including human rights activists, have been arrested in Iran while on their way to attend the funeral of Grand Ayatollah Hosseinali Montazeri ...
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. 22 nd December 2009. AI Index: MDE 18/010/2009. Lebanon: Amnesty International condemns attack on civilians. ...
Prisoner of conscience Father Nguyen Van Ly was returned to prison from hospital on 11 December: he had not fully recovered from a stroke. He is partially paralysed ...
