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Archive for: 12/2006

  • Iraq: AI deplores execution of Saddam Hussein

    Amnesty International deplores the execution of Saddam Hussein following the confirmation of his sentence by the Iraqi Appeals Court on 26 December 2006.

  • Brazil: An alarm call to the new government

    Amnesty International totally and unreservedly condemns the criminal attacks which took place over the last two nights in Rio de Janeiro state.

  • China: AI’s reaction to Gao Zhisheng verdict

    AI has reacted to the verdict by Beijing Municipal No.1 Court which has given rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng a three-year suspended prison sentence for 'inciting subversion'.

  • General Assembly wraps up human rights agenda

    Amnesty International warmly welcomes the General Assembly's adoption of a major new human rights treaty: the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance.

  • Libya: Growing fears for safety of government critic

    Amnesty International is calling on the Libyan government to disclose immediately the whereabouts and legal status of Idriss Boufayed, who has been detained incommunicado since 5 November 2006, amid growing concern for his safety.

  • Eritrea: Over 500 parents of conscripts arrested

    Resorting to collective punishment, the Eritrean government has arrested over 500 relatives, mostly parents, of young men and women who have either deserted the army or avoided conscription. Amnesty International strongly condemns these arbitrary detentions.

  • Twelve Iranian men released

    Twelve Iranian men, who were facing forcible return to Iran from Belgium, were released on 21 December 2006. Their lawyer will now be working to ensure that they obtain a legal right to remain in Belgium.

  • Iraq: More executions “no remedy” for worsening security

    Amnesty International is greatly concerned by a new surge in executions in Iraq, despite calls by the international community for Iraq to abolish the death penalty.

  • Libya: Death sentences for foreign medics must be withdrawn

    Amnesty International has condemned the decision of a Libyan court to sentence to death five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor after convicting them of knowingly infecting hundreds of Libyan children with HIV in a hospital in Benghazi.

  • Living in the shadows: The human rights of migrants

    On International Migrants Day Amnesty International launched its first comprehensive public document on migrants' rights. Every year thousands of people die while trying to reach other countries. Many of those who arrive in a new country face further abuse and exploitation. Those who lack official status and the protection of the law are often denied basic human rights and are condemned to live and work in appalling and degrading conditions.

  • Liberia: Full participation and support necessary for success of the Truth and Reconciliation Commis

    Today at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) headquarters in Monrovia members of civil society, the diplomatic community, the United Nations and government officials attended the launch of Liberia: A Brief Guide to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

  • India: Amnesty International renews call for repeal of Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act

    Amnesty International is deeply concerned that the Indian government may seek to retain provisions of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act 1958 that contravene its international human rights obligations and that continue to pose grave threats to the human rights of its people.

  • Somalia: Fears for human rights in looming conflict

    Amnesty International warns that an escalation of fighting in Somalia is likely to result in serious and widespread violations of international humanitarian law by all sides. Grave abuses of the human rights of civilians, particularly women and children, may be expected.

  • Sudan: Key actors must now act decisively to ensure justice

    As the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) reports to the Security Council, Amnesty International calls for concerted and decisive action by key actors to ensure effective prosecutions of past and present crimes under international law committed in Darfur, Sudan resulting in the unlawful killing of over 85,000 civilians, the raping of thousands of women, and the forcible displacement of more than two million people.

  • Salim Hamdan’s habeas corpus petition dismissed

    Amnesty International is deeply troubled by yesterday's ruling by a federal judge dismissing Guantanamo detainee Salim Ahmed Hamdan's habeas corpus petition, on the grounds that the Military Commissions Act, signed into law by President Bush on 17 October, strips the federal courts of jurisdiction to consider such appeals.

  • Chile: Death of Pinochet is not the end of the story

    Amnesty International has called on the Chilean authorities to ensure that the recent death of Augusto Pinochet is not used as an excuse to further delay legal proceedings against others suspected of torture, "disappearances" and killings under his rule.

  • UK: The killing of Jean Charles De Menezes - A missed opportunity

    The High Court of England and Wales has dismissed the legal challenge brought by the family of Jean Charles de Menezes against the prosecuting authorities' decision not to bring criminal charges against any individuals in connection with his killing in London in July 2005.

  • Singapore: Government misusing the law to muzzle critics

    Amnesty International called on the Singapore Government to stop using restrictive laws and defamation suits to muzzle critics and opposition party members. Dr Chee Soon Juan, Secretary General of the opposition Singapore Democratic Party (SDP), is in his third week of imprisonment having been convicted of speaking in public without a permit.

  • International treaty to protect rights of persons with disabilities

    Amnesty International warmly welcomes the United Nations General Assembly's adoption by consensus today of a new core human rights treaty to better promote and protect the rights of persons with disabilities.

  • Human Rights Council finally takes steps towards sustained attention to the human rights violations

    In a resolution characterised by glaring understatement of the severity of the human rights situation in Darfur, the Human Rights Council has finally shown signs of parting company with the shameless lies and half-truths of the government of Sudan.

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