15 August 2008
Amnesty International has welcomed last week's announcement by the
spokesperson for Iran’s Judiciary that execution by stoning has been
suspended.
13 August 2008
Julia Ozorio Gamecho is the first woman to tell the Truth and Justice Commission about how she was sexually abused by the military during General Alfredo Stroessner's
regime.
16 June 2008
Nine women attempting to take part in a small, peaceful seminar to
commemorate a day of solidarity with Iranian women were arrested in
Tehran on Thursday.
3 June 2008
European Court of Human Rights strongly supports allegations that Aminat Dugaeva and Kurbika Zinabdieva were abducted by Russian servicemen.
2 June 2008
The first female judge to work at the High Court in Pakistan, Majida Razvi; a young Brighton-based Zimbabwean, Alois Mbawara; and Murat Kurnaz, released from Guantánamo on 24 August 2006, were guests when Amnesty International presented Report 2008 to the media.
20 May 2008
Amnesty International has urged the Head of the Judiciary in Iran to ensure that appeals hearings against the recent convictions and
sentences of six women’s rights defenders are heard promptly and impartially.
