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Xu Zhiyong has asked for Xi Jinping to step down. (Twitter: Amnesty)

No end to China's crackdown on dissent despite coronavirus crisis:...

Over a dozen activists detained or disappeared after a gathering of dissenters

18 Feb 2020 12:10 PM IST

Journalist and activist Omar Radi speaks to the media after his hearing at the Casablanca Courthouse, In Casablanca, Morocco.(AP)

Morocco rejects Amnesty's allegations on spying on journalist

A report by Amnesty alleges that authorities had snooped on journalist Omar Radi using Israeli-made technology

27 Jun 2020 4:00 PM IST

Journalists hold signs during a protest against restrictions of the Internet and mobile phone networks at the Kashmir Press Club during a lockdown in Srinagar. (File Photo- AFP )

Amnesty International seeks end to curbs on J&K politicians,...

Human Rights Watch said that Indian government continues to impose harsh and discriminatory restrictions on...

6 Aug 2020 11:21 AM IST

The killings took place on August 25, 2017, the report said, the same day that the Rohingya insurgents staged coordinated deadly raids on police posts that tipped the state into crisis. (Photo: AFP)

Rohingya Muslims massacred 53 Hindus last yr, says report

Amnesty International said that ARSA killed 53 Hindus, mostly children, in Kha Maung Seik village cluster in northern...

23 May 2018 10:42 AM IST

The new evidence and the rebuilding that Amnesty has documented in our latest research shows that the Myanmar authorities are building over the top of the very places the Rohingya need to return to. (Representational Image/ AP)

In the name of development, Myanmar govt takes away Rohingya land

Rakhine state has been largely sealed off from rights groups, the media and UN investigators.

12 March 2018 2:36 PM IST

Amnesty International (AI) on Monday expressed its serious concern at what it said is excessive use of force against civilians in Kashmir.

Amnesty worried at heavy use of force in Kashmir'

Demanding a full and independent investigation into the incident and prosecution of those responsible in a civilian...

18 Dec 2018 12:56 AM IST

Alam, 63, who accused police of assaulting him in custody and was earlier sent to a hospital for a check-up following an order from the high court, was taken to a magistrates court late on Sunday. (Photo: Facebook)

Top Bangladesh photographer Shahidul Alam sent to jail

Alam was accused of making 'false' and 'provocative' statements on Al Jazeera and on Facebook Live as students protested...

13 Aug 2018 3:04 PM IST

A special court in Pune on Friday sentenced a 34-year-old suspended judge to three years rigorous imprisonment for sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl in 2014. (Representational image)

Egypt sentences 75 to death over clashes, journalist gets 5 years

In a statement, Amnesty condemned Saturday's death sentences and heavy prison terms after what it called a 'disgraceful...

9 Sept 2018 2:19 PM IST

Mehbooba Mufti has been in detention for more than eight months. (PTI)

Mehbooba Mufti shifted to her home; detention under PSA to continue

Former chief minister's residence designated as a subsidiary jail

7 April 2020 4:44 PM IST

Judges should never be bloodthirsty a real concern for the dignity of human life postulates resistance to taking a life through laws instrumentality. (Representational image)

Pakistan: 4 Taliban terrorists convicted by military courts executed

The terrorists were active members of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan and had confessed to their crimes to a magistrate and...

3 May 2017 3:52 PM IST

People protest against the execution of Nimr al-Nimr. (Photo: AP)

Saudi Arabia executed 153 in 2016, including 47 on a single day

Rights group Amnesty International said Saudi Arabia carried out at least 158 death sentences in 2015, coming third...

1 Jan 2017 8:19 AM IST

Executions in China said to outpace world despite decline

Executions in China said to outpace world despite decline

All other countries together executed at least 1,032 people last year -- a decline of 37 percent compared to 2015.

11 April 2017 8:40 AM IST