Amnesty International
- India
Karnataka HC quashes ED’s order freezing bank accounts of Amnesty International
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has quashed a 2018 Enforcement Directorate order of freezing the bank accounts of Amnesty International India Private Limited. The petition filed by Amnesty International in 2018 was…
- Middle East
Child detainees in Iran suffer sexual violence, electric shocks: Amnesty
Tehran: Citing a report by rights group Amnesty International, CNN reported that child detainees in Iran face severe torture and sexual violence, flogging and electric shocks by authorities in the country. The…
- Bangalore
Karnataka HC quashes 2018 ED notice to block Amnesty India’s bank account
The Karnataka High Court has dismissed a notice issued by the Enforcement Directorate in 2018 under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) and the Information Technology Act for the blocking of Amnesty…
- Kashmir
Stop demolitions in Kashmir immediately: Amnesty International
Amnesty International India has responded to the ongoing demolition of homes and businesses in parts of Kashmir that started on February 5 demanding it is stopped immediately. The local administration has been…
- Middle East
Amnesty Intl dubs Israeli ban on Palestinian flag ‘repressive’
The human rights organization Amnesty International has criticised Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir’s ban on raising the Palestinian flag in public places as ‘repressive’. Amnesty described the new measures as…
- Middle East
23 children killed during Iran protests in Sep: Amnesty report
Tehran: Iranian children were not spared the brutality of the security authorities, as 23 children between the ages of 11 and 17 were killed in the last 10 days of September during…
- Middle East
Amnesty International says Egypt trying to cover up human rights violations
London: Amnesty International accused Egypt on Wednesday of attempting to cover up a decade of “unrelenting violations of human rights” in order to improve its international standing ahead of hosting the world…
- India
ED penalises Amnesty India, Aakar Patel for over Rs 61 Cr
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday penalised Amnesty International India and its former chairman Aakar Patel for Rs 51.72 crore and Rs 10 crore respectively contravention of the foreign exchange law, the…
