Amnesty urges King Abdullah to commute Saudi amputation sentences

Amnesty International asks King Abdullah to stop an amputation order against six Saudis accused of robbery

What could go wrong? U.S. is still allowing arms shipments to Egypt

Wouldn't it be prudent to wait and see what we're getting before continuing business as before? Amnesty International has its own reasons for objecting in the report below, and there are only many more reasons than those, including the future foreign policy of the country, its potential relations with groups like Hamas, the fate of the peace treaty with Israel, and Egypt's treatment of non-Muslims.

Afghanistan: Half of women in prisons are there for "moral crimes," EU documentary deemed too dangerous to women be shown

"Amnesty International says it is important to "lift the lid on one of Afghanistan's most shameful judicial practices." That shameful practice is part of Sharia, under which four witnesses must support allegations of a sex crime. Thus, a woman making accusations of rape opens the door to charges of adultery if she has not obtained the necessary witnesses, in accordance with Qur'an 24:13.

'Libyan rebels guilty of committing war crimes'

By REUTERS 
09/13/2011 09:26 

Amnesty International reports both pro and anti Gaddafi forces guilty of human rights abuses, urges NTC to launch investigation.

Libya Rebels Round Up Black Africans

Approximately 5,000 have been detained, some seriously abused, with virtually no evidence against them

Syria crackdown horror catalogued in Amnesty deaths in detention report

Majority of 88 detainees who have died since start of uprising against regime said to have been tortured