Amnesty International has accused Israel of denying Palestinians the
right to access adequate water by maintaining total control over the
shared water resources and pursuing discriminatory policies.
Amnesty International has called on all parties to the conflict raging in Yemen’s northerly Sa’da region to treat detainees humanely and protect civilians.
Ehsan Fattahian was hanged in connection with his alleged membership of an illegal opposition group. Two other Iranian Kurdish men also feared to be at imminent risk of execution.
Victims of the 2006 toxic waste dumping scandal in Côte d’Ivoire told
Amnesty International on Monday that a ruling protecting their
compensation was a "small victory".
Amnesty International has condemned the use of apparently toxic
pesticides to intimidate an indigenous community after they resisted
being forcibly evicted from their ancestral lands.
Following the execution of eight Uighurs and one Han Chinese individual, charged with offences committed during the July riots, the authorities have prosecuted a further 20 suspects.
Ehsan Fattahian is to be executed on Wednesday, for his alleged membership of an illegal opposition group. Two other Iranian Kurdish men are also feared to be at imminent risk of execution.
On the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Amnesty International has called for urgent action to tackle abuses against migrants, asylum seekers, detainees and minorities.
Amnesty International is aware of at least 137 people currently on death row in Saudi Arabia, of which 106 are foreign nationals. The true figures are believed to be much higher.
Scores of Nigerians lost their homes on Friday morning when Rivers
state authorities began bulldozing buildings in Port Harcourt, Amnesty
International has learned.
Amnesty International has expressed concern that the Nicaraguan Supreme
Court continues to delay its judgment on the legality of new criminal
laws on abortion which entered into force in 2008.
