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US ranks 5th on global execution scale: Amnesty

The United States was the only Western democracy that executed prisoners last year, even as an incre...

US sent arms to Egypt during crackdown: Amnesty

The US State Department said American companies had shipped tear gas to Egypt under a previous licen...

Investigate murder of nun in Jharkhand: Amnesty

Valsa John was axed to death in her home in the eastern state of Jharkhand on the night of 15 Novemb...

Amnesty accuses anti-Gaddafi groups of war crimes

Amnesty International Tuesday accused Libya`s NTC that overthrew Moamer Gaddafi of war crimes.

Amnesty alleges death, torture in Syrian prisons

A human rights group said it believed that at least 88 people, ten of them children, have died in de...

Amnesty urges Indonesia to free Papuan activist

Melkianus Bleskadit was sentenced to two years for "rebellion" after his demonstration last year in ...

Somali government offers amnesty to Shebab rebels

Islamist Shebab fighters made a surprise withdrawal from the famine-struck capital.

Amnesty accuses Nigeria`s military of killing 23

Rights group Amnesty International has accused Nigeria`s military of killing 23 people during rando...

Video shows brutality of Iran executions: Amnesty

Murder, rape, drug trafficking and adultery are among crimes punishable by death in Iran.

Syrian crackdown may be war crime: Amnesty

Amnesty has called on the UNSC to refer situation in Syria to International Criminal Court.

Jamaica must probe human rights abuses: Amnesty

More than 2,220 fatal shootings by police were reported from 2000 to 2010.

Amnesty team visits Kashmir`s summer unrest victims` kin

Three team members are on Thursday visiting north Kashmir and they would be Friday meeting the famil...

Amnesty tells India to check rights abuses in Kashmir

A 70-page report released by the global rights watchdog on Monday focuses on the Jammu and Kashmir P...

Haiti to probe Duvalier abuses: Amnesty

Amnesty handed over to Haitian prosecutors more than 100 documents and files relating to abuses.

Amnesty denounces sentencing of Binayak Sen

Indian rights activist Binayak Sen was given life sentence for his alleged Maoist links.

Rights campaigners detained at Russia U2 concert

U2 frontman Bono sang with an anti-Kremlin rock star at first Moscow concert.

Amnesty International seeks probe into kidnapping of activists

Expressing concern over the alleged kidnapping of two tribal leaders who campaigned against a mini...

Amnesty condemns Iran hanging of militants

Amnesty International on Tuesday condemned Iran`s execution of five militants, saying they had not...

India should ban death penalty: Amnesty International

Though India did not carry out any executions in the last five years, a noted human rights body on...

End caning ‘epidemic’: Amnesty to Malaysia

Amnesty International on Wednesday urged Malaysia to end a caning "epidemic”, saying that authoritie...

Amnesty International denies charges levelled by NRI

Amnesty International today denied charges levelled against it by its NRI official of putting the ...

Salil Shetty appointed chief of Amnesty International

Amnesty International has appointed Salil Shetty, an Indian who headed the UN Millennium Campaign, a...

Pakistan ruling party grapples with court decision

Pakistan`s ruling party denied on Saturday that any Cabinet ministers would be forced to resign as a...

Amnesty urges fair trials in Bangladesh mutiny

Amnesty International on Thursday called for Bangladesh to ensure accountability over its February m...

Amnesty International condemns Japan for executing `mentally ill`

Amnesty International released a report condemning Japan for allegedly executing "mentally ill" deat...

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