UN Opposes Death Sentences in Bangladesh

The United Nations human rights office expressed Friday concern about the latest death sentences handed down against two leaders of

Death Penalty: Amnesty Reports Alarming Surge in Executions

Human rights organization Amnesty International reports that a dramatic global rise in the number of executions recorded in 2015 saw

The Azerbaijani authorities today released prominent human rights lawyer Intigam Aliyev in what Amnesty International billed an overdue step towards

Student leaders have written a letter to the National Human Rights Commission, which many believe is a toothless department that

People with albinism are being hunted for witchcraft rituals, their body parts hacked off with machetes, and even having their

Salil Shetty, the Secretary General of Amnesty International, is visiting Rabat on 17-18 March to meet Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane