Amnesty International
Amnesty International: Stop sending munitions to Egypt
Egypt
December 20, 2011
Amnesty International: Stop sending munitions to Egypt
Weapons suppliers should stop selling munitions to the Egyptian military and security forces, international human rights watchdog Amnesty International said…
Amnesty: The US must stop exporting tear gas to Egypt
Egypt
December 7, 2011
Amnesty: The US must stop exporting tear gas to Egypt
Rights group Amnesty International is calling for a halt to US arms shipments to Egypt’s security forces “until there is…
Amnesty: Military junta crushed hopes of the revolution
Egypt
November 22, 2011
Amnesty: Military junta crushed hopes of the revolution
Egypt's military junta is applying the same hated tactics of severe repression used by the former regime of President Hosni…
Imprisoned blogger Maikel Nabil admitted to mental hospital
Egypt
October 23, 2011
Imprisoned blogger Maikel Nabil admitted to mental hospital
The Interior Ministry’s prisons administration on Sunday ordered the admission of blogger and activist Maikel Nabil, who has been on…
Amnesty International report reveals Egypt police own sniper rifles
Egypt
October 19, 2011
Amnesty International report reveals Egypt police own sniper rifles
The international human rights watchdog Amnesty International has revealed that in 2010 Egypt’s Ministry of Interior received two sniper rifles…
UN: Iran secretly executing hundreds of prisoners
World
October 18, 2011
UN: Iran secretly executing hundreds of prisoners
Iran's authoritarian regime has secretly executed hundreds of prisoners, according to a new UN report detailing growing rights abuses in…
Army is responsible for Maspero bloodshed, says human rights lawyer
Egypt
October 11, 2011
Army is responsible for Maspero bloodshed, says human rights lawyer
The autopsies of 17 people killed in Sunday’s violence near the Maspero TV building show the army is entirely responsible…
Egypt’s military responsible for life of Egyptian blogger, says Amnesty
Egypt
October 4, 2011
Egypt’s military responsible for life of Egyptian blogger, says Amnesty
Egypt’s military rulers are responsible for the life of a jailed blogger on the 43rd day of a hunger strike,…
Amnesty International wants military, police officers prosecuted over torture video
Egypt
September 29, 2011
Amnesty International wants military, police officers prosecuted over torture video
Amnesty International described a video of police and army officers torturing detainees that was recently released online as “deeply unsettling”…
Amnesty fears Bahraini women and girls tortured
World
September 27, 2011
Amnesty fears Bahraini women and girls tortured
DUBAI - A group of 38 women and seven girls arrested last week during a protest against Bahrain's parliamentary by-elections…