Rights Group Amnesty International
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Australia Needs To 'Lift Game' To Help Refugees: Amnesty
Human rights group Amnesty International Wednesday slammed Australia for its treatment of asylum-seekers in remote Pacific camps, as it also urged Canberra to "lift their game" and help relieve the international refugee crisis.
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Saudi Beheadings Soar In 2015 Under Discretionary Rulings
Saudi Arabia carried out at least 157 executions in 2015, with beheadings reaching their highest level in the kingdom in two decades, according to several advocacy groups that monitor the death penalty worldwide.
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Maldives Impeaches Vice President as Emergency Law Deepens Turmoil
The parliament in the Maldives impeached the vice president today over his alleged role in a blast on the president's speedboat, a day after the government declared a state of emergency that was condemned by the international community.
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US, Rights Groups Call on Maldives to Lift State of Emergency
The United States, the Commonwealth group of countries and rights groups have called on the Maldives to lift a state of emergency declared this week and end a crackdown on dissidents, as authorities stepped up security in the tropical archipelago.
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Nigerian Military Says to Investigate Amnesty Killing Allegations
Nigeria's military said today it was investigating allegations by Amnesty International that more than 8,000 people had died in detention during a crackdown on Islamist militant group Boko Haram, weeks after dismissing the report.
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Australia Needs To 'Lift Game' To Help Refugees: Amnesty
Human rights group Amnesty International Wednesday slammed Australia for its treatment of asylum-seekers in remote Pacific camps, as it also urged Canberra to "lift their game" and help relieve the international refugee crisis.
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Saudi Beheadings Soar In 2015 Under Discretionary Rulings
Saudi Arabia carried out at least 157 executions in 2015, with beheadings reaching their highest level in the kingdom in two decades, according to several advocacy groups that monitor the death penalty worldwide.
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Maldives Impeaches Vice President as Emergency Law Deepens Turmoil
The parliament in the Maldives impeached the vice president today over his alleged role in a blast on the president's speedboat, a day after the government declared a state of emergency that was condemned by the international community.
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US, Rights Groups Call on Maldives to Lift State of Emergency
The United States, the Commonwealth group of countries and rights groups have called on the Maldives to lift a state of emergency declared this week and end a crackdown on dissidents, as authorities stepped up security in the tropical archipelago.
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Nigerian Military Says to Investigate Amnesty Killing Allegations
Nigeria's military said today it was investigating allegations by Amnesty International that more than 8,000 people had died in detention during a crackdown on Islamist militant group Boko Haram, weeks after dismissing the report.
