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Archive for: 12/2007
David Hicks should be allowed to lead a normal life
© AFPFormer Guanatanamo Bay detainee David Hicks, who has been denied his basic human rights for almost six years, should be allowed to live a normal life.
Hick’s control order undermines Australia’s human rights record
David HicksThe control order issued today to David Hicks weakens Australia's human rights record, says Amnesty International Australia.
New Jersey signs bill to abolish death penalty
© AIAThe US state of New Jersey has joined the global trend towards ending capital punishment, after its State Governor signed a bill to abolish the death penalty - becoming the first US state to do so in more than three decades.
UK residents released from Guantanamo are first and foremost victims
© US DoDWe welcome the news that three United Kingdom residents who were being held at the US military prison camp at Guantnamo Bay, Cuba have returned to the UK - and urge they be treated "first and foremost as victims".
Two Guantanamo Bay detainees released
@copy; AIGreat developments this week with the news that two men - both Sudanese nationals - who were being held at the US detention centre at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba have been released.
UN Assembly backs call for death penalty moratorium
UN HeadquartersThe global campaign against the death penalty secured a landmark victory when the United Nations General Assembly, sitting at the UN headquarters in New York, endorsed the call for a worldwide moratorium.
Secret executions uncovered in Nigeria
©AISecret executions have been taking place in Nigeria's prisons, despite recent assurances by the government that it has not executed in years. We have uncovered evidence of at least seven executions - all of which were by hanging - in the last two years, but we fear more may have taken place.
Time is not on our side in Darfur
© UNHCR/H.CauxThe peacekeeping operation in Dafur is doomed to fail if the Sudanese Government and the international community don't immediately stop the obstructions and delays that have plagued the mission so far.
Risks feared after Pakistan’s State of Emergency
© GettyWe are seriously concerned that the lifting of the State of Emergency in Pakistan on Saturday will leave the constitution fundamentally flawed, allowing human rights violations to continue unchecked.
Plea to stop execution of three child offenders in Iran
© AIWe are deeply concerned at reports that three child offenders face imminent execution in Iran, in clear contravention of international law. We urge the Iranian authorities to prevent these executions, to cease all executions of child offenders and to join the worldwide trend towards abolition of the death penalty.
Zimbabwean police still torturing political opponents
© APGraphicsBankOur researchers, who have just returned from Zimbabwe, say the government continues to beat and torture human rights defenders and political opponents. This is despite the mediation process being facilitated by the Southern Africa Development Community.
Japanese executions condemned
© AIAWe strongly condemn and regret the hanging of three men in Japan on 7 December. The executions have taken place despite the United Nations General Assembly's adoption last month of a resolution calling for a worldwide moratorium.
Amnesty appeals to the Olympic Committee Executive Board
© Guang Niu/Getty ImagesAhead of the forthcoming International Olympic Committee Executive Board meeting in Switzerland (10-12 Dec), Amnesty International urges the Committee to ensure that human rights concerns are addressed in the run-up to the Beijing Olympics.
The Pacific Solution - welcome first steps
2006 source: www.nauru.wire.orgWe welcome the important first steps the Australian Federal Government has taken in dismantling the Pacific Solution. We are now calling for a full commitment to swiftly end the policy of processing asylum seekers off shore.
A politically motivated prosecution?
Albin Kurti © AIWe are concerned that the trial of Albin Kurti, leader of the non-governmental organisation Vetevendosje, is not being conducted in accordance with law applicable in Kosovo or international standards for fair trial.
CIA’s destruction of interrogation tapes may conceal crimes
© David Herthnek"Waterboarding" is a form of torture, along with other techniques acknowledged to be used by the CIA. The destruction of videotapes by the CIA of the interrogation of two "high value" detainees in 2002 obstructs justice and conceals evidence. We call for a full investigation into the CIA detention and interrogation program.
Human Rights Day
© AFPToday on Monday 10 December we celebrate Human Rights Day.
This date commemorates the United Nations General Assembly's adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on 10 December 1948.
Stop the human rights meltdown: make human rights real
Irene Khan © AIA message from Irene Khan, Secretary General of Amnesty International, on the occasion of International Human Rights Day 2007.
Execution of child offender in Iran is a mockery of justice
© AIAmnesty International condemns the execution, on 4 December 2007, of Makwan Moloudzadeh, an Iranian Kurdish child offender, following a grossly flawed trial for an offense he allegedly committed at the age of 13. Execution for a crime committed at the age of 13 is a gross abuse of international human rights standards.
Myanmar’s ethnic communities suffer rape and violence
© AIThe violence towards pro-democracy protestors and the monkhood of Myanmar in the past few months has given the international community a sense of the ongoing suffering of ethnic communities in Myanmar over several decades. Ethnic communities, including Naga and Karen people, have been brutalised and raped, and have had their villages attacked and destroyed by the military.
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