SINGAPORE — For the first time in 20 years, Singapore on Friday executed a woman convict who was found guilty of trafficking 30 grams of...

Los Angeles, Dec. 18 (IANS): Iranian actress Taraneh Alidoosti has been detained on charges of “spreading falsehoods” regarding the country’s ongoing protest movement. The BBC...

Yangon, Feb. 11 (IANS): The Myanmar Army has bombed villages and are blocking civilians from accessing food and humanitarian assistance amid a crackdown targeting rebels...

Jerusalem, Jan. 30 (PTI/AP): Amnesty International on Wednesday urged online travel sites to ban listings from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. The London-based...

Bengaluru, Oct. 25 (PTI): The Enforcement Directorate (ED) Thursday conducted searches at two locations of human rights watchdog Amnesty International India here in connection with...

New Delhi, Oct. 4 (PTI): The Indian government is conducting a “relentless smear” campaign against Rohingya immigrants and the decision to deport seven men from...

New Delhi, July 30 (IANS): The Draft National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam might deprive people, who have lived in India for decades, of...

London, April 12 (IANS): China has remained the worlds top executioner amid a decline in global executions, Amnesty International’s annual report on capital punishment said...

Ho Chi Minh, April 4 (IANS): Amnesty International on Wednesday released a report revealing that at least 97 people in Vietnam were held as prisoners...

PTI GUWAHATI, JULY 12 A day after the Union Home Minister talked about a possible scaling down in central forces’ deployment in the North East,...