Japan continues to execute mentally ill prisoners

10 September 2009

The government of Japan continues to execute prisoners who are mentally ill, according to a new Amnesty International report.

Iranian rape and torture victims at renewed risk

10 September 2009

Thousands left homeless by forced evictions in Chad

9 September 2009

Nepal 'disappearances' law 'must meet international standards'

2 September 2009

Sri Lanka jails journalist for 20 years for exercising his right to freedom of expression

1 September 2009

Over 500 families in São Paulo left homeless after forced evictions

28 August 2009

Malaysia indefinitely postpones caning of woman

28 August 2009

Third mass killing of Colombia's Awá Indigenous Peoples in 2009

28 August 2009

Remembering the world's disappeared in 2009

28 August 2009

CIA detention programme: Criminal investigations long overdue

27 August 2009