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Canadian Ministers of Parliament, Bob Rae, Jack Layton and Olivia Chow appeared at the Tamil protests in front of the Sri Lankan Consulate to show their support of the movement to immediately free Tamils from the internal...
International human rights watchdog Amnesty International has urged Bangladesh not to execute five former army officers who have been sentenced to death for the killing of country's founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Sri Lanka says people held in special camps since the end of the conflict with Tamil Tiger rebels will be allowed out for short periods from next month. The latest government announcement was made by the special adviser to...
Amnesty International condemns the failure of Egypt's military appeals court to overturn sentences imposed on leading members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood organization after unfair trials and calls on the authorities to...
Amnesty International is appealing to the authorities in the state of Ohio not to resume executions, following their adoption of a new lethal injection protocol. Six other death row inmates are scheduled for execution in Ohio...
Amnesty International has called on world leaders to help prevent enforced disappearances by urging them to ratify a landmark treaty at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). The International Convention for the Protection...
Amnesty International has welcomed a decision by Russia's Constitutional Court that brings the country a step closer to full abolition of the death penalty. The Court decided on Thursday to extend the current moratorium on...
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Thailand's military wants the U.S. to provide satellite equipment and imagery so it can hunt thousands of Islamist separatists who are killing Thai troops and civilians with hidden roadside bombs in the south.
BEIJING, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Chinese officials must stop harassing and detaining human rights activists targeted during U.S. President Obama's visit, Amnesty International said Friday. Government security forces kept dozens of...
A Researcher and lecturer at the University of Education, Winneba, Mr. Vincent Adzahlie, has asked Ghanaians to desist from mob violence. He said there have been cases when alleged suspects who have turned out to be innocent...
