Amnesty International today accused the Mauritanian government of routine and systematic torture, saying that the security apparatus has adopted torture as the ...
The country's security forces have adopted torture as the preferred method of investigation and repression, according to a new Amnesty International report.
Jahangir Alam Akash, journalist and head of two local human rights organizations, was detained for more than a month in October 2007 and tortured by the Rapid Action ...
Rita Mahato is a 30-year-old health counsellor with the Women’s Rehabilitation Centre (WOREC) in Nepal. In June 2007 she was threatened with rape and death when ...
Journalist Drago Hedl has received a series of death threats, most recently on 27 November. The threats are believed to be connected to his investigative reports ...
Violence, and in particular, sexual violence against women and girls in Haiti is pervasive and widespread. This report focuses on the experiences of girls. While ...
