According to a report in the al-Riyadh newspaper, the Saudi Arabian Minister of Interior has ordered that sentences of flogging and imprisonment imposed on a 75 ...
The Saudi Arabian authorities must not carry out the imminent flogging and imprisonment of an elderly woman and two younger men, Amnesty International said today ...
Amnesty International has received consistent reports of police committing a series of human rights violations including torture, ill-treatment and at times unlawful ...
A court has rejected Alexei Sokolov’s appeal and extended his pre-trial detention until 25 December 2009. He appears to have been detained solely for his peaceful ...
Journalist Ma’an ‘Aqel was arrested on 22 November in the Syrian capital, Damascus. He is now held incommunicado, putting him at risk of torture and other ill-treatment ...
On 10 December, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Belarusian citizen Igor Koktysh, a male social activist, supporter of the Belarusian opposition and ...
People living on the land in Chihuahua State, northern Mexico, have been intimidated and attacked for six years. Last week, a woman was shot and injured at her ...
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. 11 December 2009. AI Index: ASA 41/010/2009. Viet Nam: Time to release ill Catholic priest and prisoner of conscience. ...
Two jailed male Azerbaijani youth activists and bloggers will have their appeal heard in the capital, Baku, on 22 December. Emin Abdullayev and Adnan Hajizade were ...
A European Court of Human Rights ruling has called for the release of Belarusian opposition activist and musician Igor Koktysh, detained in Ukraine since 2007, ...
