The trial of Radovan Karadzic resumes today in The Hague. But are a small number of high profile trials enough to heal
the wounds caused by the horrific violations of human rights committed
by all sides to the conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
After eight alleged members of the Justice and Equality Movement were sentenced to death by Sudan's Anti-Terrorism Special Courts, the government prepares to try another 109.
The spokesperson for Iran’s Judiciary announced on Tuesday 5 August that execution by stoning has been suspended.
Amnesty International has described as scandalous the Israeli army's
account of firing a tank shell that killed Reuters cameraman Fadel
Shana as a "sound" decision.
Amnesty International has welcomed last week's announcement by the spokesperson for Iran’s Judiciary that execution by stoning has been suspended.
Nearly 80 organisations, including a number of Amnesty International's
African sections, have come together to show solidarity with the people
of Zimbabwe.
Eight male teachers were released without charge in Saudi Arabia on 12 July 2008, after over four months’ detention.
Twenty years after the brief flowering of people power in Myanmar,
however, little has improved for the millions of people still suffering
under repressive rule.
Convicted of “providing material support for terrorism”, the Yemeni national was sentenced to five and a half years in
prison at the first US military commission trial in Guantánamo Bay.
Matthew Pollard, Amnesty International's legal advisor, describes the Guantánamo hearings and discusses the reasons for his being in Guantánamo.
