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 ...
The Nepali government must ensure that Major Niranjan Basnet is arrestedimmediately and transferred to a civilian court for trial for torturing Maina Sunuwar to ...
The lives of Adnan Ibragimov, a 54-year-old man from Chechnya in the Russian Federation, and his family are in danger after he began pursuing a criminal investigation ...
New report details abuse before, during and afterthe June election, when authorities deployed the Basij militia andRevolutionary Guards to suppress mass protests ...
A woman living in the Lomas del Poleo area of Chihuahua state, northern Mexico, was shot and injured on 4 December. Those living in Lomas del Poleo, particularly ...
This paper examines the various shortcomings of the Venezuelan legal system in regards to universal jurisdiction. Areas covered include universal criminal jurisdiction ...
The cases in this document are extracts from the full report "Nigeria: Killing at will –extrajudicial executions and other unlawful killings". More detailed information ...
Hundreds of people are unlawfully killed by the police in Nigeria every year. Some people die because they fail to pay police officers a bribe. Others are killed ...