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Amnesty calls for Saudi to release not extradite 4 Uyghurs

Amnesty International yesterday called on Saudi Arabia to release four Uyghur, including a mother and her 13-year-old daughter, and not send them to China where they could face torture. "Saudi authorities must immediately release four Uyghurs – including a 13-year-old girl and her mother – who are at grave risk of being taken to repressive internment camps if sent back to China," Amnesty International said, noting that deportation plans may be underway. […]

today5 April 2022

International News

Libya’s Khalifa Haftar punishing critics in ‘sham’ military trials, Amnesty says

Military courts in eastern Libya have sentenced at least 22 people to death and imprisoned hundreds more in "sham, torture-tainted" trials, Amnesty International said in a report on Monday. The rights group said the trials were "aimed at punishing real or perceived opponents and critics" of the Libyan Arab Armed Forces (LAAF), a military force led by eastern military commander Khalifa Haftar. Amnesty, which has previously documented widespread abuses in […]

today2 May 2021

Local

Amnesty International slams SA for violating citizens’ rights under lockdown

South Africa’s government has come under sharp criticism on Freedom Day from international human rights organisation Amnesty International (AI) for the violation of its citizens’ rights under the Covid-19 lockdown. In its 2020/2021 annual report, The State of the World’s Human Rights, the government was rebuked for, among other things, the: use of excessive force by police and the military in enforcing lockdown regulations; exclusion of refugees and asylum-seekers from […]

today27 April 2021

Local

Firearm Amnesty period extended to 31 January 2021

The latest National Crime Statistics once again showed that firearms were the preferred weapon in the commission of most violent crimes. Reducing the circulation of firearms may potentially reduce the scourge of violent crimes quite significantly. The restrictions of Levels 5 and 4 had prevented people from turning in illegal as well as their unlicensed and unwanted firearms and ammunition. A new Firearm Amnesty approved by Parliament at the end […]

today9 November 2020

International News

Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Egypt, Iran carry out 86% of state executions

Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran and Egypt are among the countries who carry out the highest number of executions around the world in 2019, a report by Amnesty International revealed yesterday. The organisation’s 2019 global review of the death penalty states that Saudi Arabia executed a record number of 184 people in 2019. Neighbouring Iraq nearly doubled the number of executions during the same period while in Egypt 32 death penalties […]

today23 April 2020

International News

Nigeria’s military committed war crimes, crimes against humanity: Amnesty

Nigeria’s military has committed war crimes and crimes against humanity including torture, rape and killing civilians during its fight against Islamist insurgency Boko Haram, human rights group Amnesty International said on Thursday. The crimes were perpetrated for years and have continued despite a presidential inquiry established last August whose findings have not been made public, said the watchdog. In a statement, the Nigerian military described Amnesty’s findings as “a false […]

today24 May 2018

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