Could George W. Bush face arrest in Switzerland?
The former president canceled a trip to Geneva amid threats by human rights groups that they’d pursue legal charges against him for sanctioning tortureContinue Reading
Open Letter to French Senators on Immigration Bill
Dear Sir/Madam:
We are writing to express our serious concerns about a variety of provisions in the immigration bill currently under examination in the Senate. The memorandum annexed to this letter sets out our analysis and detailed recommendations….Continue Reading
My 36 Hours in Egyptian Captivity
Cradling an assault rifle, the soldier in the sand-colored camouflage uniform stood on a chair, haranguing the group of men and women inside the Hisham Mubarak Law Center, a noted human rights organization in Cairo. "You want to go outside?" …Continue Reading
Are human rights really in decline? Look how far we’ve come.
Shortly before I left my position as head of Amnesty International in 2006, I gave a lecture at Syracuse University on the state of human rights around the world. At a dinner beforehand, the university president asked faculty members whether human righ…Continue Reading
My 36 Hours in Egyptian Captivity
Human rights worker Daniel Williams tells of the terrifying time he spent in military detention in Cairo last week, having been arrested by Egyptian soldiers.Continue Reading
Republican US foreign policy "wolf" shows her teeth
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – For years, U.S. Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen has been busy lecturing world leaders over human rights abuses.Continue Reading
Republican foreign policy "wolf" shows her teeth
For years, Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen has been busy lecturing world leaders over human rights abuses.Continue Reading
Is Brazil Ready to Investigate Past Human-Rights Abuses?
With a former left-wing guerrilla and political prisoner as President, Brazil inches toward confronting decades-old charges of murder, torture and forced exileContinue Reading
Hosni Mubarak’s Human-Rights Horrors
Torture, imprisonment, repression of dissent, murder, disappearances—as the Egyptian regime teeters, dissidents and bloggers look back on three decades of abuses.Continue Reading
On a mission through Cairo
By Amnesty International staff in Egypt
Yesterday, reunited with our two colleagues, we saw flashbacks of the denouement of our last hours of separation. Our night time chase across Cairo’s ghastly streets late on Friday and in the early hours of S…Continue Reading
Omar raps Army, tells them to avoid human rights violations
Srinagar, Feb 6 (PTI) In the wake of the killing of an innocent youth in North Kashmir, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today pulled up the Army for violating the Standard operating Procedure and directed security agencies to completely avoid violation of…Continue Reading
U.N. rights office shifts into high gear on crises
GENEVA (Reuters) – Often criticised for failing to tackle abuses in authoritarian countries, the U.N. human rights office has leapt into action recently to denounce leaders clinging to power in Ivory Coast, Tunisia and Egypt.Continue Reading
US envoy on N.Korea rights to visit Seoul
The US special envoy on human rights in North Korea is to visit South Korea this week to meet with senior Seoul diplomats and defectors from the reclusive North, according to the foreign ministry in Seoul.Continue Reading
A Dictatorship Defaults
Among the Middle East’s authoritarian leaders, there’s a mantra: economic development takes precedence over civil freedoms and human rights. Things such as free speech, assembly, association and competitive elections – these will only lead to instabili…Continue Reading
Bush’s Swiss visit off after complaints on torture
GENEVA (Reuters) – Former U.S. President George W. Bush, under fire from human rights group over allegations of ordering torture, has cancelled a visit to Switzerland where he was to address a Jewish charity gala.Continue Reading