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Armed groups operating in Aleppo, Idleb and surrounding areas in the north of Syria have carried out a chilling wave of abductions, torture and summary killings, said Amnesty International in a new briefing published today. The briefing Torture was my punishment: Abductions, torture and summary killings under armed group rule in Aleppo and Idleb, Syria offers …

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We urge the Maldives authorities to immediately halt plans to carry out the execution of Hussain Humaam Ahmed (Humaam) and to commute his, and all other, existing death sentences in Maldives. Early in the morning of 24 June 2016, the Maldives Supreme Court upheld the death sentence against Humaam for the murder of MP Afrasheem Ali …

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Horrifying accounts of sexual violence, killings, torture and religious persecution reveal the shocking range of abuses along the smuggling routes to and through Libya. The organisation spoke to at least 90 refugees and migrants at reception centres in Puglia and Sicily, who had made the journey across the Mediterranean from Libya to southern Italy in …

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The Malaysian authorities’ failure to hold anyone accountable for the death in custody of N. Dharmendran raises serious questions about their commitment to ending serious human rights violations. The statement followed a decision by the Lumpur High Court on Wednesday to acquit four police officers accused of torturing a man, N. Dharmendran, to death in …

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On 29 June 2007 Johan Teterissa and 22 other men were arrested and subsequently jailed for taking part in a peaceful demonstration during a government-organised National Family Day event attended by the then President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in Ambon, the capital city of Maluku province, eastern Indonesia. Amnesty International believes they should not have spent …

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Saudi Arabia has committed “gross and systematic violations of human rights” abroad and at home, and used its position on the UN Human Rights Council to effectively obstruct justice for possible war crimes. Credibility of UN Human Rights Council at stake Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said in a joint statement that Saudi Arabia …

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The conviction of Singapore blogger and political activist Han Hui Hui, for her role in a peaceful demonstration in 2014, is just another illustration of the authorities’ clampdown on critics and dissent in the country. Amnesty International calls on the authorities to immediately halt the use of restrictive laws to undermine the enjoyment of the …

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The Malaysian authorities must immediately and unconditionally drop all charges that have been brought against N. Surendran, a lawyer and opposition lawmaker, solely for criticising a court verdict in 2014 concerning his client, the de facto opposition leader and prisoner of conscience, Anwar Ibrahim. On 24 June 2016, the High Court of Kuala Lumpur found …

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The European Union (EU) is set to open a dark chapter in its history unless it rejects the European Commission’s proposal on migration, a coalition of more than 100 NGOs – including Amnesty International – have warned. EU leaders must reject proposal Shifting towards a foreign policy that serves the single objective of curbing migration, …

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