Human rights advocacy group, Amnesty International believes the politicization of the recent post-election disturbances is uncalled for. Some members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) have been blamed...
On 4th July 1995, in an important legal precedent, the UK Supreme Court issued a verdict against AMNESTY at the time when only three weeks were left for the organization to conclude an intensive...
Men dressed in Iraqi federal police uniforms are reported to have tortured and killed residents of villages south of Mosul, Amnesty International says. Evidence gathered by the group suggests up to...
Policy Think Tank, IMANI Ghana says it is opposed to calls for the death penalty to be abolished. Even though Ghana has not recorded any incidence of execution by death penalty since 1993, the number...
Amnesty International has accused the world's wealthiest nations of shirking responsibility towards refugees, saying they host the fewest and do the least. Ten countries which account for just 2.5%...
A Nigerian police unit that focuses on robberies was accused by Amnesty International on Wednesday of torturing suspects held in custody and demanding bribes to free them. The human rights campaign...
Lawrence Amesu, the Director of Amnesty International Ghana, said a lot had been achieved towards ensuring that Ghana gains the status as abolitionist in practice. He said Ghana has not executed...
The Director of Amnesty International Ghana, Lawrence Amesu has revealed that there are 137 inmates currently on death row in the country’s prisons. He, however added that no one executed anyone...
Nearly 18,000 people died in government custody in Syria in 2011-15, an Amnesty International report says, alleging beatings and rape in prisons. Amnesty says its document includes interviews with 65...
Ivorians are voting in Sunday’s presidential elections with incumbent Alassane Ouattara fending off challenges from six other presidential contenders.
Preliminary results are expected early in the...
Amnesty International, Ghana, has called on President John Dramani Mahama to use his current position as the Chairman of ECOWAS to urge President Yahya Jammeh of the Gambia to respect and protect the...
