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Olympics: China and IOC must learn from mistakes and uphold human rights values
24 August 2008
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Iran: The 20th anniversary of 1988 "prison massacre"
19 August 2008
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Iran: Amnesty International condemns the execution of juvenile offender Reza Hejazi
19 August 2008
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Sri Lanka: LTTE, government endangering lives of tens of thousands of newly displaced around Wanni
14 August 2008
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India: Indigenous communities at risk of forced eviction in Orissa
14 August 2008
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Jammu and Kashmir: Repeal shoot at sight order
13 August 2008
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No moving backwards for Myanmar
8 August 2008
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Olympics: Web sites unblocked but still no freedom of expression
1 August 2008
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Afghanistan: Protect media freedom from intelligence agency interference
31 July 2008
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Amnesty International India condemns murder of Shri A.T.Babu; writes to Government of Karanatka
30 July 2008
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Amnesty International website blocked at Olympic venue
28 July 2008
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Denying the undeniable: Enforced disappearances in Pakistan
22 July 2008
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Amnesty International India Condemns Rape of Nine Year old and Calls on the Government to Take Immediate Action
18 July 2008
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Israel/Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT): Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the OPT should be made comprehensive
11 July 2008
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Amnesty International expresses disappointment at the deportation from the UK of Sri Lankan national Vinayagamoorthi Muralitharan
3 July 2008
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ISRAEL-OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES (OPT): Travel ban violates rights of human rights defender – must be lifted
1 July 2008
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India: Serious concerns over fair trial of Human Rights Defender Dr. Binayak Sen
25 June 2008
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AII writes to the Ambassador of the Republic of Korea in India regarding the excessive use of force and arbitrary detention of protesters by the police
9 June 2008
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Asian leaders urged to take further action on Myanmar- Open Letter to ASEAN Nations from AI Secretary General Irene Khan
19 May 2008
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India: Concern over the arrest of filmmaker and human rights defender T.G. Ajay in Chhattisgarh
14 May 2008
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India: Amnesty International condemns multiple bomb attacks in Jaipur
13 May 2008
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Myanmar obstructionism costs lives
9 May 2008
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Human rights abuses in Sri Lanka flourish under veil of secrecy
2 May 2008
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India: Investigate enforced disappearances in J&K
4 April 2008
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The Olympics countdown – crackdown on activists threatens Olympics legacy
1 April 2008
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Crackdown on Tibetan protestors
1 April 2008
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China: Olympics countdown – Time running out for improvement in human rights
1 April 2008
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Tension in Tibet as police raids home
18 March 2008
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Governments must take action to end violence against schoolgirls
6 March 2008
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Harrasment of local journalists by state authorities
3 March 2008
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Silencing Dissent in Sri Lanka
7 February 2008
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Myanmar: Arrests increasing four months on
25 January 2008
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Government and business leaders meeting President Musharraf must address the human rights situation in Pakistan
20 January 2008
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India: Many adivasi victims of Special Task Force (STF) operations yet to get justice and compensation in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
18 January 2008
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India: Urgent Inquiry Needed Into Nandigram Violence
15 January 2008 |
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The West Bengal state government should immediately create an independent and impartial inquiry into serious acts of violence in Nandigram since early 2007. The state government should prosecute those responsible for human rights abuses and examine both the social-political origins of the violence and the failure of state authorities to provide effective protection to the community.
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Pakistan: Amnesty International condemns assassination of Benazir Bhutto and Pakistan People's Party workers
27 December 2007 |
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Stop the human rights meltdown: make human rights real
Message from Irene Khan, Secretary General of Amnesty International, on the occasion of International Human Rights Day 2007
10 December 2007 |
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India: Avoid forced evictions in Jagatsinghpur, Orrisa
30 November 2007
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Amnesty International India and Human Rights Watch joint team to Nandigram
26 November 2007
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Amnesty International India condemns bomb attack in Uttar Pradesh
23 November 2007
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UN adopts landmark decision on global moratorium on death penalty: India lost first opportunity
17 November 2007
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The One Man Human Rights Padyatra from New Delhi to Lucknow of AII Member Mahesh Kumar reached Bareilly on 25 October where he was felicitated in a seminar by the doctors of Bareilly Nursing Home Association and members of the judiciary.
28 October 2007
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India: Call for fair trial and no forcible repatriation to Myanmar of 34 Rakhine and Kayin detainees
26 October 2007 |
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Amnesty International is concerned that 34 Rakhine (Arakan) and Kayin (Karen) Myanmar nationals, who have spent years detained without charge in India and are now being tried in Kolkata (West Bengal), are at risk of being denied their right to a fair trial and subsequently forcibly returned to Myanmar.
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Death Penalty: Three death row survivors call for global moratorium on executions
16 October 2007 |
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(New York: 16 October) Three men sentenced to death for crimes they did not commit, today urged member states of the United Nations General Assembly to support a resolution for a global moratorium on executions.
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Time to Abolish Death Penalty: Amnesty International
10 October 2007 |
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“It is time for India to recognise the growing trend towards abolishing death penalty worldwide and reconsider its position. The land of Gautam Buddha and Mahatma Gandhi, India should send a message that it will use only civilized methods of punishment”, said Mukul Sharma, director of Amnesty International India on the occasion of International Day against Death Penalty (October 10).
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India: Continued harassment of defenders of women workers’ rights and campaigners abroad
2 October 2007 |
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Amnesty International is concerned by the continuing harassment of defenders of women workers’ rights in the garments export industry in Bangalore city in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, as well as associated campaigning activists based in the Netherlands.
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Myanmar: India should take a position
UN Security Council must deploy urgent mission
26 September 2007 |
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Amnesty International India expressed deep concern over the reports of crackdown by soldiers and police on peaceful protests against military rule in 20 years. There are reports of firing tear gas and arresting up to 200 monks on Wednesday.
“The military government of Myanmar should refrain from using violence on the peaceful demonstrators. The human rights organizations will keep a watch on the developments and would join hands with other likeminded organizations to support the rights of the protestors,” Mukul Sharma, Director Amnesty International India said.
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International Week Of Justice Festival 2008 - The Kabuliwallah Express
21 September 2007 |
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On September 21, 2007, Amnesty International India launched its Caravan, The Kabulliwallah Express at the Rendezvous Festival at Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi on 21st September 2007. The Kabulliwallah Express announces the International Week of Justice Festival 2008 as a pledge to the 60th anniversary of Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The values of universality and indivisibility of human rights enshrined in this declaration continue to remain relevant to the Youth, the Academic Community, the Socio-Cultural Institutions and the Society as a whole.
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Amnesty International condemns bomb attack on Indo-Pak train service
19 February 2007 |
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Amnesty International condemns in the strongest possible terms the bombing of the train service from India to Pakistan on the night of Sunday, 18 February, claiming the lives of 66 Pakistan-bound passengers and injuring scores of others.
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Chattisgarh government detains human rights defender, refuses to arrest police officials suspected of involvement in unlawful killings of adivasis
24 May 2007 |
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Amnesty International is concerned over the apparently arbitrary arrest and detention of Dr. Binayak Sen, a human rights defender and the police harassment of two other human rights defenders at Raipur in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh. This follows the alleged involvement of police in unlawful killings of 12 adivasis (indigenous communities) in Santoshpur on March 31. The allegations have been substantiated by a police inquiry but the state government refuses to approve the prosecutions of those suspected to be involved in the killings.
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Continued detention two years after the repeal of POTA
20 September 2006 |
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Amnesty International expresses concern that, two years after India’s decision to repeal the controversial Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) in response to widespread abuse, hundreds of persons detained under POTA continue to languish in jails without trial and several are undergoing trials for breaching a flawed and now defunct law.
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Kalinga Nagar police firing one year on – Orissa must ensure speedy justice for adivasi victims and address their concerns over displacement.
2 January 2007 |
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Exactly a year after the Kalinga Nagar police firing in which 12 of the adivasis protesting against their displacement were killed, Amnesty International is concerned that justice continues to elude the victims and that the Orissa Government has failed to fully address their concerns over displacement and threat to their livelihood.
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Amnesty International renews its call for an unconditional repeal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958.
18 December 2006 |
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Amnesty International is deeply concerned that the Indian government may seek to retain provisions of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act 1958 that contravene its international human rights obligations and that continue to pose grave threats to the human rights of its people.
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Concern over reported unlawful killings by security personnel in Assam
26 January 2007 |
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Amnesty International is concerned at reports of shootings, allegedly carried out by Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel, that resulted in the death of two local businessmen near Geleki town, Sivasagar district (a town outside CISF jurisdiction in Upper Assam) on 23 January 2007. A third businessman was seriously injured.
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Deaths in West Bengal due to police firing during protests against new industrial project.
15 March 2007 |
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Amnesty International is deeply concerned at reports of the use of excessive and unnecessary force by police in West Bengal (Eastern India) against farmers protesting proposed displacement by the state government for a new industrial project, which has resulted in deaths of at least 14 persons and injuries.
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Orissa should avoid forced evictions in Jagatsinghpur, instead consult farmers protesting against displacement.
11 April 2007 |
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Amnesty International is deeply concerned at reports that farmers in Jagatsinghpur in the eastern Indian state of Orissa, protesting against their proposed displacement by the state government for a new industrial project, currently fear forced evictions at the hands of the state police force.
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Armed groups target civilians once again.
10 January 2007 |
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Amnesty International deplores the targeting and killing of at least 69 non-Assamese people living in Upper Assam in North East India over the last six days. The United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA), a secessionist armed group, is widely believed to have been responsible for the recent attacks and to have also been behind similar targeting of non-Assamese people in the past.
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Concerns over harassment and continued detention of protestors against Dadri displacement in Uttar Pradesh.
17 October 2006 |
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Amnesty International is concerned by reports of continued detention of eight activists of the Dadri Kisan Union (DKU) in Ghaziabad district jail in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh (UP) since 27 September 2006.
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Police shootings and forced evictions target adivasi indigenous communities in Madhya Pradesh.
26 April 2007 |
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Amnesty International today expressed concern over a continuing threat of forced evictions involving the excessive use of force by police in an intensifying pattern of land disputes involving adivasis indigenous communities.
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