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Amnesty International urges Kiev to ratify Rome Statute

Amnesty International is urging Kiev to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court so that the investigation of military crimes in Ukraine falls under international jurisdiction, Amnesty International’s Senior Director for Research Anna Neistat told RIA Novosti on Wednesday.

16:40 10.09.2014

Amnesty International calls to prevent extradition of ex-BTA Bank head

Amnesty International appeals to the French authorities to prevent the extradition of fugitive ex-CEO of BTA Bank Mukhtar Ablyazov to Russia or Ukraine, according to the NGO’s statement released on Friday.

10:26 10.01.2014

US execution rates fall by 10% in 2013

Although America is stumbling far behind the majority of its counterparts in the international community as far as the death penalty is concerned, matters improved slightly in 2013 as executions fell nearly 10% when compared with 2012, according to a year-end report published by US advocacy group Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC) Thursday.

16:07 20.12.2013

Amnesty International urges Qatar to care for migrant workers’ rights

As Qatar is set to begin a number of large-scale construction projects in anticipation of the 2022 World Cup, human rights advocacy group Amnesty International published a report Sunday calling on the host country to develop a comprehensive approach to protecting the rights of migrant workers through legal reform and the provision of services.

16:27 18.11.2013

Russian official accuses EU of hypocrisy over LGBT rights

The EU should tend to its own problems regarding gay rights before criticizing other countries, Russia’s human rights envoy said Thursday, after reviewing an NGO report on homophobic violence in Europe.

19:35 19.09.2013

Amnesty International warns France that Ablyazov may be tortured if extradited

Amnesty International urged French authorities Thursday to refrain from extraditing fugitive banker Mukhtar Ablyazov to any country that may send him to Kazakhstan, warning that he may be subject to torture and unfair trial there.

10:54 02.08.2013

Amnesty International condemns US for keeping "aiding the enemy" charge for Manning

Amnesty International (AI) released a statement Friday condemning a US military judge's refusal to drop the charge of aiding the enemy pending against former military intelligence analyst Bradley Manning as a "travesty of justice."

13:53 19.07.2013

Snowden issues invitations to Moscow airport meeting

Russian human rights organizations and lawyers said Friday they have been invited by fugitive intelligence contractor Edward Snowden to a meeting in the transit zone of Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport scheduled for Friday afternoon.

12:09 12.07.2013

Amnesty International annual report critical of rights in Russia

Amnesty International released its annual report on human rights Thursday, painting a grim picture of rights in Russia.

11:25 23.05.2013

HRW and AI urge Europe to work out unified stance on human rights in Russia

Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have published reports critical of a number of Russian laws on Wednesday, and urged the EU to develop a unified position in regards to Russia's observance of human rights.

17:57 24.04.2013

Estonia fines 80 Russian teachers for lack of fluency in official language

Only 230 of 1,500 teachers in Russian-language schools and kindergartens in Estonia have adequate proficiency in the official language, the country’s Language Inspectorate reported on Monday, citing last year’s statistics.

12:49 15.04.2013

Capital punishment on the decline - Amnesty International

Countries are increasingly abandoning the death penalty as an official form of punishment, although a few countries did resume the practice in 2012, Amnesty International said in its annual report on capital punishment trends.

12:11 10.04.2013

Amnesty International appeals to Kiev not to extradite former Tajik PM

Amnesty International has appealed to the Ukrainian authorities not to extradite former Prime Minister Abdumalik Abdullojonov to Tajikistan. Abdullojonov was detained at Boryspil Airport south of Kiev on February 5 under an international arrest warrant.

13:15 05.03.2013

Amnesty International urges Russia to end Magnitsky's prosecution

Amnesty International has called on the Russian authorities to end the prosecution of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, who died in custody in November 2009 at the age of 37 and whose death triggered a public outcry.

11:41 29.01.2013

US government argues with Amnesty International over surveillance law

The US Supreme court congregated to consider whether lawyers, journalists, and human rights researchers have standing to facially challenge the 2008 amendments to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), in a case pitting national security against fundamental freedoms.

15:59 31.10.2012

Amnesty International urges Russian authorities to close Magnitsky's case

Amnesty International, an international human rights organization, urges Russian authorities to terminate a criminal case against lawyer Sergei Magnitsky who died in the pre-trial detention center in November 2009.

12:15 06.04.2012

Amnesty International calls upon Russia to stop violence against demonstrators

Amnesty International has called on the Russian authorities to force the police to stop treating election protesters poorly.

14:58 08.12.2011