Iran temporarily frees British resident Aras Amiri on furlough – Amnesty
Reuters – Iran has temporarily released British resident Aras Amiri on furlough, Amnesty International United Kingdom board director Daren Nair tweeted on…
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Saudis disregarding human life callously: Amnesty Int’l
IRNA – The execution of 37 people marks an alarming escalation in Saudi Arabia’s use of the death penalty ‘to crush dissent…
Amnesty raps Bahrain for upholding life sentence for Sheikh Salman
Press TV – Amnesty International has blasted Bahrain for upholding a life sentence against prominent Shia cleric and opposition figure Sheikh Ali…
Amnesty Int’l urges probe into Saudi journo murder
IRNA – The Amnesty International campaign manager in Turkey called for international probe into murdering the Saudi prominent journalist Jamal Khashoggi. “The…
Just 10 countries, including Iran, host 56% of world’s refugees
MNA – The Iranian Ambassador to London Hamid Baedinejad said 56% of the world’s 21 million refugees are being hosted by just…
Iranian human rights lawyer Abdolfattah Soltani released from jail
The Guardian – Prominent lawyer was granted conditional release after serving more than seven years Prominent Iranian human rights lawyer Abdolfattah Soltani…
Amnesty launches online campaign to demand release of jailed Bahraini activists
Press TV- Amnesty international has launched an online campaign in solidarity with prominent Bahraini human rights activist Nabeel Rajab, who has been…
Amnesty urges UNSC to impose arms embargo on Myanmar
Press TV- Amnesty International has called on the United Nations Security Council to spare no efforts to end the brutal crackdown against…
Despite Suu Kyi’s claims, army still burning Muslim villages: Amnesty
Press TV- Amnesty International says Myanmar’s military and vigilante Buddhist mobs continue to set fire to Rohingya Muslim villages in Rakhine State,…
Israel to impose ‘sanctions’ on Amnesty International
Press TV- Israel plans to impose “financial sanctions” on Amnesty International over the human rights group’s call for the boycott of products…
Amnesty slams Turkey for keeping six rights activists in custody
Press TV- Amnesty International slams Ankara for keeping six rights activists, including the director of its Turkey branch, in pre-trial custody on…
Iraqi military rejects Amnesty report on Mosul ‘abuses’ as baseless
Press TV- A senior Iraqi military official has rejected as “baseless” an Amnesty International report accusing government forces of human rights violations…
Amnesty criticizes Saudi-led measures against Qatar
Press TV- Amnesty International has criticized the punitive measures taken by Saudi Arabia and a number of its allies against Qatar, saying…
Amnesty criticizes US “knee-jerk reaction” towards Syria airbase
Press TV- Amnesty International has mildly criticized a recent US strike on a Syrian airbase, noting that a “knee-jerk reaction” is no…
AI urges end to ‘unlawful’ attacks on Syria’s Aleppo
Tehran, Nov 1, IRNA – The Amnesty International, in a statement on Monday, urged armed opposition groups in Syria to stop the…
US-led coalition killed 300 Syrian civilians in airstrikes: Amnesty
Amnesty International says the US-led coalition has killed hundreds of civilians during its air raids in Syria since 2014, calling for an…
Amnesty urges Bahrain to stop repression of opponents
Amnesty International has called on the Bahraini regime to suspend its heavy-handed crackdown on peaceful critics and opposition figures as Manama keeps…
Turkey failed coup inmates tortured, sexually harassed: Amnesty International
Alwaght- Inmates apprehended after failed military coup in Turkey have been subjected to torture and sexual harassment, Amnesty International reported. The human…
Report finds U.S. only country in the Americas to carry out executions
6% of death row inmates globally are in U.S. prisons according to Amnesty International The number of capital punishment executions carried out…
Amnesty slams Saudi Arabia’s worsening human rights record
Amnesty International has called on the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to hold Saudi Arabia accountable for its “gross human rights…
Bombing of schools by Saudi Arabia-led coalition a flagrant attack on future of Yemen’s children
Saudi Arabia-led coalition forces have carried out a series of air strikes targeting schools that were still in use, in violation of…
Hundreds of injured and dead in West Bank & Gaza bloody Friday
Tehran, November 14, The Iran Project- Al-Bireh in the occupied West Bank has been the bloodiest scene of clashes between Israeli forces…
Amnesty International denounces Israel for unjustified killing of Palestinians
Tehran, October 29, The Iran Project – Amnesty International strongly denounced Israeli regime for the unlawful killing of the Palestinians on Tuesday.…
Saudi Arabia executed 175 people in past year, says Amnesty International
On average, one person every two days was put to death in kingdom, says new report, with figures for 2015 already ahead…
Amnesty rejects charges against jailed Bahraini Shia cleric
Amnesty International has dismissed as “groundless” the charges brought by the Bahraini judiciary against prominent Shia cleric and opposition leader Sheikh Ali…
Female Afghan activists face rising violence: Amnesty
Human rights organization Amnesty International (AI) has warned about escalating violence, including threats, sexual assaults and assassinations, facing female Afghan activists. In…
Saudi executions at unprecedented rate: Amnesty
Amnesty International says Saudi Arabia has carried out an unprecedented number of executions since the start of the year. The Britain-based rights…
Up to 2,000 killed in Nigeria’s Baga: Amnesty International
Boko Haram Takfiri militants have killed as many as 2,000 people in their attack on Nigeria’s northeastern state of Borno, Amnesty International…
Tens of thousands of Haiti quake victims still homeless: Amnesty
Tehran, Jan 8, IRNA – Five years on from a devastating earthquake in Haiti, tens of thousands of people remain homeless as…
Amnesty urges immediate freedom of Bahraini opposition leader
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Amnesty International called for the immediate release of the jailed Bahraini opposition leader, Sheikh Ali Salman, amid continued protests…
Saudi Arabia beheads 83 people in 2014
Saudi Arabia’s publicly announced beheading tally has reached its highest level in the last five years with 83 executions for 2014. A…
Yezidi women suffer harrowing sexual slavery: Amnesty
Tehran, Dec 24, IRNA – Torture, including rape and other forms of sexual violence, suffered by women and girls from Iraq’s Yezidi…
Observers: Human Rights Day will highlight ‘Horrific 2014’
LONDON—Wednesday is United Nations’ Human Rights Day. Many observers describe 2014 as a horrific year for human rights violations. War is the…
Syrian refugees in Turkey at risk of destitution: Amnesty
Amnesty International has warned that hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees living in neighboring Turkey are at risk of destitution. The human…
Syrian, Palestinian refugees at imminent risk of deportation from Egypt
Tehran, Nov 16, IRNA – Amnesty International has urged the Egyptian authorities to immediately release and refrain from deporting at least 66…
Israel WB killings amount to war crimes: Amnesty
Amnesty International says unlawful killing and injuring of Palestinian civilians by Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank amounts to war crimes.…
Amnesty urges end to Syria crisis
Amnesty International has called on the international community to take action to end the suffering of millions of Syrian civilians. The international…
Amnesty urges U.S. to end drone attack secrecy
TEHRAN, Oct. 22 (MNA) – The United States should end the secrecy surrounding its drone campaign in Pakistan and bring those responsible…
Amnesty slams Egypt over Syria refugees
Amnesty International has slammed Egypt for unlawfully arresting and deporting hundreds of Syrian refugees, many of them women and children. Sherif Elsayed…
Amnesty urges release of Bahraini prisoner Khalil al-Marzooq
Amnesty International has called on the Al Khalifa regime in Bahrain to release former opposition lawmaker Khalil al-Marzooq. “Khalil al-Marzooq is a…