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Amnesty urges moratorium on surveillance technology in Pegasus scandal

Allegations that governments used phone malware supplied by an Israeli firm to spy on journalists, activists and heads of state have "exposed a global...

Shamshad says amnesty scheme won’t be extended after June 30

KARACHI: Caretaker Minister for Finance and Economic Affairs Dr Shamshad Akhtar has directed Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) to form a committee to propose a...

Amnesty over, ‘illegal expatriates’ await Saudi Arabia crackdown

RIYADH: For four months, texts from the government pinged into every mobile phone in Saudi Arabia ordering "illegal expatriates" to leave the kingdom before...

China remains world’s biggest executioner: Amnesty

BEIJING: China executed more people in 2016 than all other nations combined, Amnesty International said Tuesday, even as death penalties in the world decreased...

Syria carried out mass hangings at military prison – Amnesty International

DAMASCUS: The Syrian government has executed thousands of prisoners in mass hangings and carried out systematic torture at a military jail near Damascus, rights...

Skype, WeChat, Snapchat among least secure messaging apps

Snapchat, Microsoft's Skype and WeChat are placed among the least secure messaging apps and face constant threat of attack from cyber criminals and spying...

Sudan accused of using chemical weapons in Darfur

UNITED NATIONS: Rights group Amnesty International on Thursday accused Sudanese government forces of killing scores of civilians, including many children, in suspected chemical weapons attacks in a mountainous area of war-torn Darfur.

Amnesty denies charges after Indian chapter booked for sedition

BANGALORE: Amnesty denied on Tuesday its staff made anti-nationalist comments at one of its events in Indian-held Kashmir after the rights group was slapped with sedition charges.

15 Guantanamo inmates transferred to UAE

WASHINGTON: Fifteen Guantanamo Bay detainees have been transferred to the United Arab Emirates, the largest such release in years, the Pentagon announced Monday.

Assad offers amnesty to Syria rebels who surrender

DAMASCUS, SYRIA: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday offered an amnesty to armed rebels battling his forces if they surrender, the official SANA news agency reported.

Turkmenistan pardons over 600 prisoners in Ramazan

TURKMENISTAN: Reclusive Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov has pardoned 612 prisoners including 26 foreign citizens ahead of festivities marking the end of the holy month of Ramazan, state media reported on Saturday.

Pakistan hangs two brothers for murdering six people

SIALKOT: Two brothers were hanged in Sialkot prison on Saturday morning for murder of six people from the same family in year 2002.

Russian bombing of Syria may be a war crime – Amnesty

MOSCOW: Russia's bombing of Syria may amount to a war crime because of the number of civilians its strikes have killed, Amnesty International said on Wednesday, presenting what it said was evidence that the air raids had violated humanitarian law.

Execution of Yakub Memon cruel and inhuman: Amnesty

MUMBAI: The Amnesty International has said the execution of Yakub Memon marks another disheartening use of the death penalty in India.

Yazidi militia killed 21 in Iraq revenge attack: Amnesty

BAGHDAD: Members of the Yazidi community, one of the Iraqi minorities hardest hit by jihadist atrocities, killed 21 Sunni Arab villagers in a January revenge attack, Amnesty International said Wednesday.

UAE releases sisters held over tweets: Amnesty

NICOSIA: Three sisters detained for the past three months in the United Arab Emirates after campaigning on Twitter on behalf of their jailed brother were released on Friday, Amnesty International said.

Syrian barrel bomb attacks are ‘crimes against humanity’: Amnesty

LONDON: Syrian government forces are targeting civilians in barrel bomb attacks in Aleppo that have forced hospitals and schools to move underground, Amnesty International said on Tuesday, describing the bombings as "crimes against humanity".

Amnesty slams Afghanistan’s ‘failure’ to protect women activists

KABUL: Afghanistan is turning its back on female activists and leaving them vulnerable to threats, assassinations and sexual assault, Amnesty International said Tuesday, urging the international community to preserve hard-won gains for women.

Amnesty warns against rise in death sentences

LONDON: Egypt and Nigeria accounted for an "alarming rise" in the number of death sentences handed out around the world in 2014, often on the back of security concerns, Amnesty International said Wednesday.

Iran women being reduced to 'baby-making machines': Amnesty

NICOSIA: Draft legislation aimed at boosting a flagging birth rate threatens to reduce Iranian women to "baby-making machines" and set their rights back by decades, Amnesty International warned on Wednesday.
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