The Peruvian Congress' has decided to stand by its proposal todecriminalize abortion in cases where women and girls become pregnantas a result of rape or incest ...
With the implementation of the Employment Permit System (EPS) in August 2004, the Republic of Korea (South Korea) became one of the first Asian countries to legally ...
Amnesty International's Secretary General has called on world leaders and policy makers toshift the debate on poverty from economics to addressing the humanrights ...
Mehdi Karroubi, a 72-year-old male cleric who was a candidate in June's disputed presidential election in Iran, is facing criminal charges in relation to his reporting ...
On the eve of Nigeria’s election to the United Nations (UN) Security Council as a non-permanent member, Amnesty International calls on the Nigerian government to ...
Today's announcement by the US government at the United Nations of its support for beginning negotiations on the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) was welcomed by Oxfam ...
A 35-year old Iranian woman who had been due to be put to death on 11 October has received a stay of execution. She was convicted of murdering her 74-year-old husband ...
