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The Mexican military has tortured and illegally killed citizens and committed other serious human rights violations as it battles the nation's drug cartels and organized crime groups, Amnesty International said in a report Tuesday.
To all of you who assume that the Democrats are the savior of women's rights or even of the right to choice, think again.
Amnesty International condemned the excessive use of force by Iranian security forces today that saw scores of protesters beaten and detained during student-led demonstrations
Amnesty International today strongly condemned a violent crackdown by Sudanese security forces on protestors gathered outside parliament in Khartoum and said it received reports that those arrested had been tortured while detained
Amnesty International has condemned the excessive use of force by Iranian security forces that saw scores of protesters beaten and detained during student-led demonstrations.
Leonor Martínez has been subjected to violence and received death threats for her work with a civil society group.
Amnesty International has strongly condemned a violent crackdown by Sudanese security forces on political protests in Khartoum on Monday.
Former prisoner of conscience Bu Dongwei spent over two years in a Chinese Re-education through Labour (RTL) camp until his release in July 2008.
Petition delivered to world leaders as they gather at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen this week.
Amnesty International condemned the deliberate targeting of civilians in an explosion today at a medical student graduation ceremony in Somalia, saying the attack amounted to a war crime
The United States and Russia faced off over Kosovo at the United Nation's highest court on Tuesday, with the U.S. arguing the world should honor Kosovo's declaration of independence while Russia insisted it was still part of...
TEHRAN, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- Amnesty International Monday condemned excessive force by Iranian security forces during rallies in which protesters reportedly were beaten and detained.
The enemy has certainly not given up.
The international law firm Clifford Chance advised CEREP Libri GmbH, a company belonging to the Carlyle Group, on the sale of an office and commercial building in the Hamburg city centre.
A Far Rockaway woman whose Ozone Park daughter and her unborn grandson were murdered went to Albany last week where she picked up the support of the state Right to Life Committeefor a bill that would treat killing a pregnant woman as two separate murders.
Park Center High School students added to their knowledge of international affairs by speaking with a women's rights leader from Afghanistan Nov. 13. The students, IB Diploma candidates, participated in a video conference with Suraya Pakzad.
