The government said the move would bring about humanitarian support amid the country's political reforms after decades of military rule

Myanmar to free over 8,000 prisoners in new-year amnesty

Amnesty International India's Programmes Director Asmita Basu, in a statement also urged the Uttar Pradesh government to respond to the notices issued by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in this case and ensure that the perpetrators are brought to justice.

Unnao rape case paints chilling picture, says Amnesty; demands independent probe

Announcing that all 120 million national identity card holders will be assigned tax numbers, Abbasi told a news conference in Islamabad: "If you don't pay taxes, Pakistan will not be sustainable."

Pakistan declares tax amnesty to broaden income revenue base

Mali to investigate extra-judicial killings following the discovery last week of a mass grave containing six bodies

Amnesty calls on Mali to probe extrajudicial killings

Abuses ranged from 'doxing' - releasing personal documents such as a person's address or children's names - to posting nude pictures, the rights group said, as it launched a campaign to get Twitter to step up its response to violations

Twitter failing women as online abuse flourishes, says Amnesty

Myanmar rejects that accusation, saying it was responding to attacks by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army in late August

Myanmar erects security structures atop burned Rohingya land: Amnesty

Since August, nearly 700,000 Rohingya have crossed from Myanmar's Rakhine State into Bangladesh

Rohingya refugees test Bangladeshi welcome as prices rise and repatriation stalls

The British-based group aimed at the US president's "transparently hateful" executive order banning entry to citizens of several Muslim-majority countries

Amnesty slams Trump-led 'politics of hate'

Amnesty said the international community had failed to respond robustly to "crimes against humanity and war crimes from Myanmar to Iraq, South Sudan, Syria and Yemen".

Amnesty says Rohingya crisis consequence of society 'encouraged to hate'

The amnesty has been granted from January 29 to February 22

Kuwait announces amnesty for stranded Indian workers

The group said principles of human dignity and equality had come under assault from politicians seeking election and it zeroed in on Trump

Amnesty holds Trump responsible for rising global trend of divisive politics

The human rights group came to the conclusion after probing 59 drug-related killings in 20 cities and towns

Philippines' war on drugs 'systematic, planned and organised': Amnesty

The FIR comes after alleged raising of 'independence slogans' by 'pro-freedom' Kashmiris at an event in southern Karnataka

Amnesty International India booked for sedition

Amnesty International has criticised the detention of the men as having denied them their fundamental right to legal representation

Bangladesh detains two over July cafe attack that killed 20 hostages

UN aid chief said displacement must not be forced. Civilians are sceptical about government's promise of amnesty to rebels who surrender

Russia, Syria announce 'flee' corridors for civilians in Aleppo

The groups accuse Riyadh of targeting civilians in the Yemen war & laying seige to the country's ports, blocking basic goods from getting in

Amnesty, Human Rights Watch want Saudi Arabia off UN Human Rights Council

A number of Afghans displaced by conflict has increased over the past three years.

Number of Afghans uprooted by violence doubles, a million "on brink of survival"- Amnesty

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