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Deadly Cucumbers Kill 14 in Germany, Death Toll Still Rising
More than two weeks after a food poisoning epidemic broke out in northern Germany, at least 14 people have been reported dead and hundreds have fallen sick from an extremely dangerous strain of the E. coli bacteria found on imported cucumbers.
The...
Indian executions would be blow to human rights
The Indian President’s decision to approve the country’s first executions since 2004 would be a blow to human rights, Amnesty International said today.
President Pratibha Patil has accepted the Home Ministry’s recommendations...
USA urged to end inmates’ 40 year-long solitary confinement
Albert Woodfox, 64, and Herman Wallace, 69, have been held in inhumane conditions of isolation in Louisiana’s ‘Angola Prison’ since 1972.
The US state of Louisiana must immediately remove two inmates from the solitary confinement...
Lack of justice could fuel new violence in Kyrgyzstan
A new Amnesty International report calls on the authorities to establish the truth about what happened during four days of violence between ethnic Kyrgyz and ethnic Uzbeks a year ago.
Failure to deliver justice for the killing, rape and torture...
Hired gunmen threaten rural communities in Brazil
Authorities do little to protect rural workers in Brazil who face ongoing intimidation by hired gunmen.
Brazilian authorities must investigate acts of violence and intimidation by hired gunmen against rural workers in the north of the country,...
Investigation into Pakistan student killing must lead to prosecution
A 25-year old student has been shot dead by Karachi Rangers, a paramilitary police force under the authority of the Interior Ministry.
Any Pakistani investigation into the killing of an unarmed student by paramilitary police forces must be thorough...
Angola rehouses victims of forced evictions
Hundreds of people in Luanda whose homes were demolished between 2004 and 2006 are to be rehoused from September.
The Angolan government’s decision to rehouse hundreds of victims of forced evictions is a landmark step for people living in...
Sudan: Risks to civilians increasing in Southern Kordofan
A humanitarian catastrophe is imminent in the disputed Sudanese state of South Kordofan, as forces from the North and South continue to clash.
A humanitarian emergency is unfolding in the Sudanese state of Southern Kordofan, as forces from the...
Fears for Syrian child protesters amid fresh reports of deaths
New reports of child protesters being tortured and killed in Syria raise concerns about the treatment of those still in detention.
Amnesty International urged the Syrian authorities to protect child protesters amid fresh reports of young people...
Clemency urged as Alabama execution looms
Mental disability concerns and questions over possible racial discrimination lead to a call for clemency in a pending death sentence case.
Amnesty International today called on the Governor of the southern US state of Alabama to commute the...
