This Amnesty International Report documents a range of human rights abuses in 142 countries and territories, including the imprisonment of prisoners of conscience, unfair trials of political prisoners, torture, "disappearances", political killings and the death penalty. It shows that abuses by governments and armed political groups are continuing in all regions of the world. It also shows what …
This is the seventh edition of the Amnesty International Handbook. It is a basic reference manual for Amnesty International (AI) members.
Human rights activists continue to face new challenges. The "war on terrorism" and the threat of war on Iraq dominated the international political agenda during 2002, diverting attention from other vital human rights issues. There were concerted efforts to roll back the human rights gains of recent decades in favour of a narrow security agenda. Draconian measures - by democratic as well as a…
This report tells what happened to these victims and the efforts of an independent human rights movement-amenesty international-to protect them.