en-us http://www.newsique.com/tags/world/amnesty/ Get Informed. Choose Your News. http://www.newsique.com/world/vatican_urges_end_to_amnesty_aid/ The Vatican has urged all Catholics to stop donating money to Amnesty International, accusing the human rights group of promoting abortion. The Vatican also said it was suspending all financial aid to Amnesty over what it said was the group's recent ch news world 2007-06-14 00:16:01 http://www.newsique.com/world/vatican_urges_end_to_amnesty_aid/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/6750887.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Shocking [20] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/vatican_urges_end_to_amnesty_aid/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/human_rights_eroded_worldwide/ Powerful governments and armed groups have been deliberately fomenting fear to erode human rights worldwide, a report by Amnesty International says. The group's annual report on human rights says policies like those linked to the "war on terror" are cr news world 2007-05-23 10:43:01 http://www.newsique.com/world/human_rights_eroded_worldwide/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/6681437.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Important [8] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/human_rights_eroded_worldwide/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/world_failing_on_human_rights/ World leaders are failing to tackle human rights abuses around the globe, Amnesty International says. In an annual report, the group says people are still being tortured or ill-treated in at least 81 countries. In at least 54 states they face unfair news world 2008-05-28 08:17:33 http://www.newsique.com/world/world_failing_on_human_rights/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/in_depth/7422528.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/world_failing_on_human_rights/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/report_china_leads_world_in_exec/ China executed more people than any other country in the world last year by putting at least 470 people to death, but the number of executions in the country actually fell compared to the year before, Amnesty International said. In its annual report on news world 2008-04-15 08:16:58 http://www.newsique.com/world/report_china_leads_world_in_exec/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24121932/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/report_china_leads_world_in_exec/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/palestinian_student_trades_rifle/ Less than a year ago, Israeli soldiers pumped six bullets into Rabiya Hamed in a botched assassination attempt that left four others dead and more than 30 wounded. Hamed has since signed a controversial amnesty pact with Israel along with 177 other mem news world 2007-12-06 08:25:06 http://www.newsique.com/world/palestinian_student_trades_rifle/ SF Gate http://feeds.sfgate.com/~r/sfgate/rss/feeds/news/~3/195994302/article.cgi http://www.newsique.com/sources/sfgate/ 95 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/palestinian_student_trades_rifle/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/nato_urged_to_end_afghan_transfe/ Nato countries risk turning a blind eye to torture by continuing to transfer detainees to Afghan prisons, according to a report from Amnesty International. The report cites what it calls "consistent" incidences of torture and other abuse by Afghanistan news world 2007-11-13 08:23:19 http://www.newsique.com/world/nato_urged_to_end_afghan_transfe/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/south_asia/7091928.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/nato_urged_to_end_afghan_transfe/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/bhutto_faces_corruption_setback/ Pakistan's Supreme Court is to rule on whether a government amnesty lifting corruption charges against former PM Benazir Bhutto is legal. The amnesty was one of Ms Bhutto's conditions for her return to Pakistan next Thursday ahead of a possible power s news world 2007-10-12 08:19:26 http://www.newsique.com/world/bhutto_faces_corruption_setback/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/south_asia/7041218.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/bhutto_faces_corruption_setback/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/amnesty_in_china_olympics_warnin/ China risks spoiling the legacy of next year's Beijing Olympics unless it takes urgent measures to stop human rights abuses, Amnesty International has said. In a report, the group accused China's authorities of detaining activists and journalists witho news world 2007-08-07 01:00:12 http://www.newsique.com/world/amnesty_in_china_olympics_warnin/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/6934295.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/amnesty_in_china_olympics_warnin/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/torture_still_common_in_turkey/ Widespread use of torture is continuing in Turkey despite the government's "zero tolerance" policy, says human rights group Amnesty International. A new report acknowledged improvements in the Turkish criminal justice system in recent years. But Amn news world 2007-07-05 08:21:13 http://www.newsique.com/world/torture_still_common_in_turkey/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/6272294.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Interesting [3] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 1 http://www.newsique.com/world/torture_still_common_in_turkey/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/iran_rapped_over_child_execution/ Human rights group Amnesty International has called on Iran to halt the execution of child offenders. In a new report, it says Iran is the only country to have executed child offenders so far this year. It lists the names of 71 other child offenders news world 2007-06-27 13:28:07 http://www.newsique.com/world/iran_rapped_over_child_execution/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6244126.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Interesting [3] 90 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/iran_rapped_over_child_execution/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/amnesty_isnt_a_dirty_word/ AMNESTY HAS become the political act that dare not speak its name. Nativists go wild when they hear the term. Mainstream immigrant advocates talk around it. Immigration-restriction fanatics have so poisoned and blurred the word's meaning that they see it opinion world 2007-05-28 10:13:55 http://www.newsique.com/world/amnesty_isnt_a_dirty_word/ Los Angeles Times http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/printedition/opinion/~3/120195665/la-oe-rodriguez28may28,1,202767.column http://www.newsique.com/sources/latimes/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/amnesty_isnt_a_dirty_word/#comments