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J&K: Amnesty Denied Permission to Release Report on PSA
13 Jun 2019
The report has called for the repeal of the draconian Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act (PSA) after analysing case studies of 210 detainees.
Peoples Dispatch
Egypt Executes Nine for Top Official’s Assassination
22 Feb 2019
The accused were hanged despite the appeals by international human rights groups for a stay on the executions, and condemnations over the death sentences given under questionable circumstances.
Pavan Kulkarni
Oil Giant Shell Finally Faces Its Day in Court For Complicity in Rapes And Murders in Nigeria
13 Feb 2019
Through the early 90s, the Anglo-Dutch Shell petroleum company egged the Nigerian state to crack down violently on members of the Ogoni community and activists who were protesting the ecological…
Peoples Dispatch
Execution of Filipino woman points to Saudi Arabia’s appalling record on work conditions, executions
02 Feb 2019
The 39-year-old woman was executed earlier this week on charges of murdering her employer. Rights organizations have long criticized the horrible conditions in which domestic workers are forced to…
Vivan Eyben
Assam: Indefinite Detention for Those Without Documents
24 Nov 2018
The report by Amnesty International on Assam’s detention centres has once again highlighted the procedural lapses and lack of policy or law on the matter.
Newsclick Report
Shell Accused of Committing Horrific Crimes in Nigeria's Ogoniland
30 Nov 2017
Saro-Wiwa, who led a nonviolent campaign against environmental degradation of the land and waters of Ogoniland by Shell was executed by the Nigerian military dictatorship in 1995.
IANS
Myanmar Imposing Apartheid System on Rohingya, Says Amnesty
21 Nov 2017
The human rights group released a report after a two-year investigation of the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar's Rakhine state.
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Should the Use of Pellet Guns be Banned in Kashmir?
19 Sep 2017
Amnesty International India released a report - Losing Sight in Kashmir: The Impact of Pellet-Firing Shotguns - calling for a complete ban on the use of pellet guns in Kashmir. The report depicts
Majid Maqbool
New Amnesty International Report Calls for a “Complete Ban” on the Use of Pellet Guns in Kashmir
15 Sep 2017
Amnesty International India called for a ‘complete ban’ on the use of pellet guns in Kashmir in their latest report titled “Losing Sight in Kashmir: The Impact of Pellet-Firing Shotguns” which was
Vijay Prashad
Report Card on Libya: Death Sentences and the International Criminal Court
08 Aug 2013
On July 31, Ahmed Ibrahim was sentenced to death by a court in Misrata, Libya for incitement to violence against the February 15, 2011 uprising.