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Punishment given as part of a court order that included a six-month prison sentence.

Number of executions fell from 87 in 2016 to 60 in 2017

Annual report criticises authorities on enforced disappearances, hails 'historic' legislation on transgender rights

Eser and seven others were freed for the duration of their trial after the first hearing in Istanbul on Wednesday

Amnesty International questions whether Minhai genuinely free

Amnesty International also blasts Myanmar's Suu Kyi over Rohingya crisis

Amnesty report said it had documented how Bahraini government arrested, tortured or threatened activists

At least 19 people were arrested for celebrating Pakistan's victory over India

Indian authorities are using repressive laws to curb freedom of expression, says Amnesty International 2016-17 report

Restoring the beauty of Pakistani society means celebration of the multi-cultural, multi-religious aspects of it

The ombudsman's office questioned its accuracy on certain specific cases, but also pledged to study its content

Amnesty's report described several incidents in which groups of men were beaten with cables before being shot to death

Amnesty's Message Privacy Ranking asseses messaging apps to ensure they are using encryption to protect privacy

90 locations were damaged or destroyed in an area roughly the size of Manhattan in just one week

Sedition charges have been used in the past against supporters of independence for Kashmir

AI is concerned that despite being in custody for months the PPP leader has not been brought to trial

Amnesty International this week asked the Indian government to prohibit the use of pellet-firing shotguns

The number of known executions worldwide rose more than 50 percent last year to at least 1,634

Says authorities have clamped down on groups critical of official policies

The Sindh Environment Protection Agency raids a beverages factory in SITE and confiscates samples of prepared drinks.