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The government security agent, Martin Fredriksson, was mainly active during the years that former Foreign Minister Carl Bildt was dictating Sweden’s foreign policy, when the “Assange Affair” was widely publicized on the home page of Sweden’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs....
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“From the videos and photographs we have seen, it appears that the Kosovo Police used excessive force during the operation to arrest members of Vetevendosje in the party's offices on Saturday,” Sian Jones, Amnesty International's researcher on the Balkans, told Kosovo 2.0. ...
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Vendimi për shqiptimin e 120 ditë burg ndaj policit Faruk Ibrahimi, nga gjykata në Kamenicë nuk ka reflektuar as peshën e veprës penale, as shkeljen e të drejtave njerëzore të gazetarit Vedat Xhymshiti, as shkeljen e të drejtës së lirisë së shprehjes, ka thënë 'Amnesty International'...
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According to Greek government figures, 157,000 refugees arrived in Greece by sea during July and August. During the first eight months of 2015, more than 230,000 people arrived by sea. This is more than 13 times the 17,000 people who arrived during the same period in 2014. The vast...
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Temperatures hit the roof at our London office yesterday on the hottest July day since records began. It wasn’t just the mercury in the barometers that was rising – Amnesty International had just been emailed by the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) who informed them that they had made a...
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People from Amnesty International, Digitale Gesellschaft, Electronic Foundation & Privacy International have created a program that is able to detect spywares like FinFisher, Hacking Team Remote Control System and other commercial surveillance softwares for spying. This is free software originally developed by Claudio Guarnieri with help of Bill Marczack,...
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Amnesty International is calling for a UN-mandated international investigation into violations committed on all sides amidst ongoing Israeli air strikes across the Gaza Strip and continuing volleys of indiscriminate rocket fire from Palestinian armed groups into Israel. Since Israel launched Operation “Protective Edge” in the early morning of 8...
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Protesters taking to the streets across Brazil during the upcoming World Cup risk facing indiscriminate police and military violence as the country steps up efforts to control demonstrations, Amnesty International said a week before the start of the tournament. “Brazil’s deficient policing record, reliance on the military to police...
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Today’s mass death sentences handed down by an Egyptian court are a grotesque example of the shortcomings and the selective nature of Egypt’s justice system, Amnesty International said. According to state media reports, in a single hearing this morning, the Minya Criminal Court sentenced 529 supporters of former President...