Amnesty

World

DEATH PENALTY

Amnesty report: Number of executions worldwide rose 20% in 2021

The Nomad Today/dpa 5/24/22

Amnesty listed China, Iran, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Syria as the countries with the highest known execution rates

28 February 2022, Ukraine, Kyiv: Volunteer soldiers stand in the street. Shortly after the end of a first round of peace negotiations between Russians and Ukrainians, there have been at least two large explosions in the Ukrainian capital Kiev, according to media reports. Photo: Diego Herrera/EUROPA PRESS/dpa.

World

WAR IN UKRAINE

Kiev offers amnesty and €40,000 to each Russian soldier who surrenders

The Nomad Today/dpa 3/1/22

"Make your decision. Come out without weapon, with white flag," Defence Minister Oleksii Resnikov wrote on Facebook on Tuesday night

World

HUMAN RIGHTS

Amnesty urges Biden to close Guantanamo camp

The Nomad Today/dpa 1/8/22

The camp stands for arbitrariness, injustice and torture, Amnesty's US expert Sumit Bhattacharyya said in Washington

FILED - King Mswati III (C) watches the Umhlanga dance in Ludzidzini, Swaziland, 31 August 2015. The traditional Umhlanga or Reed dance, in which thousands of young women dance for the Queen Mother and King Mswati III is the cultural highlight of the year in Swaziland and takes place on 31 August. Photo\ Juergen Baetz/dpa Photo: picture alliance / dpa.

World

AFRICA

Amnesty tells Eswatini's defiant monarch 'to stop crushing dissent'

The Nomad Today/dpa 10/20/21

To date the king remains undeterred, referring to pro-democracy protesters in a speech as drunkards and cannabis smokers

World

AFGHANISTAN

Taliban promises sceptical Afghans amnesty for all, rights for women

The Nomad Today/dpa 8/17/21

The amnesty likely applies to those who worked supporting foreign forces in the country, Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said

Feminis woman campaign. Photo: nicoladreyer/Pixabay.

Finland

HUMAN RIGHTS

Amnesty International slams Finland for women and refugees situation

The Nomad Today 4/8/21

The human rights organization echoes the recommendations of a working group that suggested aligning the legislation on rape with international standards.

Australia, Melbourne: Healthcare workers prepare to enter a public housing tower in North Melbourne, which locked down in an effort to slow the spread of coronavirus. Photo: James Ross/AAP/dpa

Coronavirus

Amnesty: governments failing to protect Covid-19 health workers

The Nomad Today 7/13/20

It cited examples of workers from black and other ethnic minorities in Britain, from India's dalit community and from Finland's Somali-speaking community.