The government of the Indian state of Jammu & Kashmir should rescind the order issued today to authorize security forces to “shoot on sight” in response to communal clashes in the town of Kishtwar, Doda district, Amnesty International said.
A series of bombings that took place in the north-western Indian city
of Jaipur on Tuesday have been condemned by Amnesty International.
(New Delhi): The first major study into India’s legal judgements on
death penalty cases has revealed that the system is riddled with fatal
flaws and that the only remedy is to abolish the death penalty
completely, said the study authors in New Delhi today.
Call on India to investigate allegations of enforced disappearances and mass graves in Kashmir and Jammu.
Amnesty International expressed grave concern at the escalation of killings and arrests in Nepal in advance of national elections tomorrow, Thursday, 10 April.
All UN member states are facing a rigorous examination of their human rights records.
'The Global Struggle Against Torture: Guantánamo Bay, Bagram and Beyond', 19-21 November 2005
