Human rights group Amnesty International has questioned Sweden’s pension fund over its investment in companies that produce drugs used for executions
http://blueandgreentomorrow.com/2013/05/01/amnesty-international-challenges-pension-fund-over-investment-in-lethal-drug/
Amnesty International: Canada blocking efforts to compensate three men tortured in Syria
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2013/05/15/amnesty_international_canada_blocking_efforts_to_compensate_three_men_tortured_in_syria.html
David Cameron should challenge the deteriorating human rights record of the United Arab Emirates during a state visit by the country’s president to Britain next week, a coalition of seven international human rights organisations said
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=20749
Forcibly returning people to a volatile security situation in Somalia would violate international law, Amnesty International said as the Danish Refugee Board is due to consider returning five Somali asylum seekers
http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/denmark-no-forced-returns-volatile-situation-somalia-2013-05-15
Amnesty International Participates in Vigil at White House to Mark 100th Day of Hunger Strike at Guantanamo
http://www.amnestyusa.org/news/press-releases/amnesty-international-participates-in-vigil-at-white-house-to-mark-100th-day-of-hunger-strike-at-gua
The execution of two death row inmates in Japan shows that a “chilling” escalation of death penalty use under the new Liberal Democratic government is intensifying, Amnesty International said
http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/japan-executions-show-chilling-escalation-death-penalty-use-2013-04-26
Catholic church review not showing extent of child abuse says Amnesty International
http://womennewsnetwork.net/2013/04/24/catholic-church-review-child-abuse/
Court decided that the Alien Tort Statute does not allow tort cases to be brought in U.S. federal courts when the actors and territories involved are outside the U.S. The New York Times editorial board and Amnesty International have decried the decision as an assault on human rights.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/daviddavenport/2013/04/25/the-supreme-court-blocks-the-politicization-of-international-law/
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