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Press Release
Iran: Iran May Still Execute Woman Convicted of Adultery By Another Method
The Iranian Embassy in London announced on Thursday that Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani would not be stoned to death. However,...
March 27, 2011
Press Release
Afghanistan: BBC Claims Secret Torture Facility is Operating in Afghanistan; Amnesty International Calls for Investigation
A report by the BBC claims that a secret detention facility is still operating at Bagram Airbase in Afghanistan and that...
March 27, 2011
Press Release
United States: President Obama Should Address Urgent Human Rights Situations in His State of the Union Address
As the nation anticipates President Obama?s first State of the Union address on Wednesday, January 27, Amnesty International...
March 27, 2011
Report
USA: Military commission proceedings against Omar Khadr resume, as USA disregards its international human rights obligations
Omar Khadr?s trial by military commission is currently scheduled to begin on 12 July 2010. The main issue at the pre-trial...
March 26, 2011
Report
Uganda: Child “Night Commuters”
Girl aged 14, walks a kilometre, along with her four siblings, to the safety of a shelter in Lacor, five kilometres out of...
March 26, 2011
Report
USA: Daily injustice, immeasurable damage
Each day that passes without accountability, remedy and resolution of detainee cases in line with US human rights and...
March 26, 2011
Report
Uganda: Violence against women in Northern Uganda
Date: 17/07/2005 ""When we were given to our husbands we were expected to have sex with them. I was only 10 years old when I...
March 26, 2011
Report
Somalia: International military and policing assistance should be reviewed
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March 26, 2011
Report
Sudan: Darfur: Rape as a weapon of war: sexual violence and its consequences
This report finds that rape and other forms of sexual violence in Darfur are being used as a weapon of war in order to...
March 26, 2011
Report
USA: Still failing human rights in the name of global
As detentions in the US Naval Base in Guantánamo Bay enter their ninth year, and the 22 January 2010 deadline for the...
March 26, 2011
Report
Issue Brief: Uganda: Stop the Slaughter
On February 22, 2004, members of the Lords Resistance Army, led by Joseph Kony, attacked a camp of Internally Displaced...
March 26, 2011
Report
USA: Blocked at Every Turn: The Absence of Effective Remedy for Counter-Terrorism Abuses
Amnesty International has been calling on the US government to ensure that the USA's counter-terrorism laws, policies and...
March 26, 2011