Below is an index of recent features:
- PHOTO CREDIT Courtroom in Rwanda, November 2009. © Amnesty International
31 August 2010
Rwanda: Vague laws used to criminalise criticism of government
Rwanda’s new government must urgently review vague ‘genocide ideology’ and ‘sectarianism’ laws that are being used to suppress political dissent and stifle freedom of speech.
- PHOTO CREDIT Salil Shetty
24 August 2010
Salil Shetty brings AI’s Demand Dignity message to the CIVICUS World Assembly
“I am deeply privileged to have this opportunity to lead the movement in its fight to end repression and injustice."
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- PHOTO CREDIT Bring Omar Khadr home sign at Ottawa demo, 2008. (c) Amnesty International
20 August 2010
Open Letter to Prime Minister Harper: Use trial recess to call for Omar Khadr's repatriation
Amnesty International Canada urges the Prime Minister to make a formal request to the US government for Omar Khadr's repatriation.
- PHOTO CREDIT These are boulders that are typical of those used for stoning.
16 August 2010
Afghan couple stoned to death by Taleban
“The stoning of this couple is a heinous crime. The Taleban and other insurgent groups are growing increasingly brutal in their abuses against Afghans.”
- PHOTO CREDIT Omar Khadr's defence lawyer Lt Col Jon Jackson in the media hangar, Guantánamo Bay, Cuba (c) Amnesty International
13 August 2010
Omar Khadr: Trial Begins, and is then delayed
In a case that has moved so slowly for so long, much happened during the first day of Omar Khadr's military commission trial here at Guantánamo, both expected and unexpected.
- PHOTO CREDIT Omar Khadr attends jury selection at his war crimes trial, 10 August 2010. JANET HAMLIN/AFP/Getty Images
12 August 2010
Omar Khadr Guantánamo military trial condemned
“The USA has turned a deaf ear to the repeated appeals of the international community not to set this dangerous precedent ..."
- PHOTO CREDIT Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtianti (c) Private
12 August 2010
TV ‘confession’ of Iran stoning case woman criticized
Amnesty International criticised the TV “confession” of an Iranian woman last night, in which Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, awaiting execution by stoning for adultery, appears to implicate herself in the murder of her husband.
- PHOTO CREDIT Alex Neve stands in front of the courtroom in Guantanamo Bay. (c) Amnesty International
12 August 2010
Omar Khadr Guantánamo military trial condemned
Amnesty International has condemned the US government’s decision to go ahead with the military commission trial of Omar Khadr, describing the move as another violation of human rights in the name of countering terrorism.
- PHOTO CREDIT Alex Neve in front of the courthouse in Guantanamo
9 August 2010
Omar Khadr: The injustice continues
Alex Neve will be blogging from the military tribunal for Omar Khadr in Guantanamo this week. In his first posting he reports on the pre-trial proceedings.
- PHOTO CREDIT Map of Tyendinaga territory in Ontario.
5 August 2010
Canada: Police and government handling of Tyendinaga land protests a threat to human rights
On August 9th a judge will rule on 65 charges against 13 men & women relating to an ongoing land claim protest.
- PHOTO CREDIT A cell where detainees were held by the National Intelligence and Security Service in Nyala, Sudan.
19 July 2010
Sudan: Security service carries out brutal campaign against opponents
New report documents arbitrary arrests, incommunicado detentions, ill-treatment, unlawful killings and enforced disappearances.
- PHOTO CREDIT Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtianti (c)Private
9 July 2010
Iran must not execute woman spared stoning death by any means
Amnesty International today urged the Iranian authorities not to execute by any method a 43-year-old woman convicted of adultery, following an official statement that she will not be executed by stoning.
- PHOTO CREDIT Women & girls often fear using community facilities due to threat of sexual violence. © Amnesty International
7 July 2010
Kenya: Fear of attack leaves women prisoners in their homes
Lack of government attention to services and other planning leaves women and girls especially vulnerable to sexual violence in Nairobi's slums.
- PHOTO CREDIT Police officers detain National Post photographer at G8/G20 protests. © Scott Olson/Getty Images
30 June 2010
Independent review of G20 security measures urgently needed: An appeal to the Government of Canada
Write to Stephen Harper and express your concern about the security measures used before and during the G20 Summit in Toronto.
- PHOTO CREDIT Police arrest a protestor at a rally outside the temporary G20 police detention center. Simon Hayter/Getty Images
27 June 2010
Toronto and the G8/G20: Peaceful protest suffers
We call on the Canadian government and the government of the province of Ontario to cooperate in launching an independent review of the security measures that were put in place for the G8 and G20 Summits.
