Tag: Amnesty
Amnesty accuses Myanmar of ‘apartheid’
YANGON: Myanmar’s suffocating controls over its Rohingya population amount to “apartheid”, Amnesty International said Tuesday in a probe into the root causes of a crisis...
Amnesty condemns ‘forced’ return of Afghan asylum seekers
Kabul: A surge of failed Afghan asylum seekers "forcibly" returned from Europe are at risk of torture, kidnapping and death in war-torn Afghanistan, Amnesty...
Boko Haram militants claimed 400 lives since April, says Amnesty
A spurt in attacks by Boko Haram Islamists has claimed nearly 400 lives since April in Nigeria and Cameroon, double the figure of the...
FARC amnesty law passed by lawmakers in Colombia
Colombia's Congress on Wednesday passed a law granting amnesty to FARC rebels as part of the country's peace deal, a development the government hailed...
Amnesty condemns Pakistan over crackdown on protesters
Amnesty International has called on Pakistan to release hundreds of opposition activists detained before a planned mass protest, as police used tear gas and...
Amnesty International asks PM to end crackdown on PTI workers
Says Section 144,a 'draconian colonial-era law', has no place in a rights-respecting society
The Amnesty International has called on Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to end crackdown...
Amnesty says Turkey coup detainees being tortured
Human rights group Amnesty International said Sunday it had “credible evidence” of the abuse and torture of people detained in sweeping arrests since Turkey's...
Amnesty, HRW want Saudis removed from UN Human Rights Council
Two leading human rights group urged UN member-states on Wednesday to suspend Saudi Arabia from the UN Human Rights Council over the killing of...
Govt proposes huge tax cut for PCB
The offer is tantamount to giving an amnesty to the PCB, as the tax authorities had demanded Rs800 million from the PCB for the last four years.
Babies dying in Bolko Haram detention facility: Amnesty
Amnesty International on Wednesday urged Nigeria to shut down a military detention facility for Boko Haram suspects after nearly 150 people, among them children...
Saudi reporter jailed for five years for insulting rulers: Amnesty
Saudi Arabia has sentenced a journalist to five years in jail for insulting the kingdom’s rulers and “inciting public opinion” on Twitter, Amnesty International...
