What is torture Report a torture Case Studies Enforced Disappearance Report Disappearance Case Studies What are Minority Rights Indian Minorities Report An Abuse View Existing Case Studies Disappearances Drugs Campaigns International Mass Cremations Case UN Events Calendar UN in News VFF in News	Voices For Freedom releases Smoldering Embers: An insight into the 900+ lives of those disappeared in Panjab  June 24 What happened to the disappeared in Panjab? The answer to that question lies in the Book release of “Smoldering Embers” The report brings together a collection of data from Panjab, in North We Full Story VFF appeals to the Special Rapporteur on Torture for the release of a 21 year old girl being tortured by Haryana Police in India Voices For Freedom Condemns Bhutto’s Assassination Voices For Freedom Releases its Human Rights Day Report More News... Jagdish Tytler Exonerated By Arunjeev Singh Walia CBI, India has once again proved itself to be "corrupt bureau of India" by exonerating Jagdish Tytler, a congress leader of Delhi of all charges in 1984 anti-sikh carnage Full Story   Why Death Penalty? By Sudip Minhas The judge sits on judgment and decides a certain life must cease to exist. The judge has watched over the performances of the prosecution and the defense. The arguments have been put forward and a decision made. Full Story   More Stories...	• Amnesty International USA: Most Recent English News Releases • Venezuela: Violence in the family in Venezuela: Case of Alexandra Hidalgo • Majority support expected in UN vote on death penalty moratorium • UN adopts key economic, social and cultural rights instrument • Sri Lankan government must act now to protect 300,000 displaced • Czech anti-Roma demonstrators clash with police • Georgia: In Wake of Russia-Georgia Conflict, Return, Security and Truth a Long Way Off, Says Amnesty International • President-elect Obama recommits to closing Guantánamo and ending torture • NGOs call for UN session on the Democratic Republic of Congo • Taiwan and South Korea call for 'comfort women' apology • Czech Republic: No to racist attacks • Ugandan government must establish reparations programme for war victims • USA: Amnesty International Welcomes President-Elect Obama's Commitment to Close Guantanamo • Italy: Genoa court convicts 13 police and acquits 16 high-ranking officials over violence at 2001 G8 • India: Arbitrary detention of human rights defenders monitoring elections in Jammu & Kashmir • Refugees held by Thailand must be freed • Israeli army relaxes restrictions on humanitarian aid to Gaza • Georgia/Russia conflict: Counting the cost of war: Return, security and truth still a long way off • Amnesty International welcomes commitment to close Guantánamo • Uganda: Government miserably failing in care of victims of conflict • Democratic Republic of Congo: Human rights groups request special session of Human Rights Council • Israel: Israeli Blockade Worsens Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza, Charges Amnesty International • Tunisia: Former political prisoners face harassment • Israeli army blocks deliveries to Gaza • Israel/Occupied Palestinian Territories: Israeli blockade causes worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza • India: Act with restraint during elections in Jammu & Kashmir • USA: Maryland Commission on Capital Punishment votes for abolition • Harsh sentences for Myanmar dissidents • Afghanistan moves towards a wide use of executions • Spain: No global exception when investigating the crimes of the past • There's no pride in silence: domestic and sexual violence against women in Armenia     • Tibet: China Must End Rural Reconstruction Campaign • UN: New Leader Must Speak Out on Human Rights • China: Curbs on Lawyers Could Intensify Social Unrest • India-China: Tibetans’ Human Rights Are Not Negotiable • South Korea: Policy Shift May Help Rights in North Korea • China: Fewer Tibetans on Lhasa’s Key Ruling Body • China-Africa Summit: Focus on Human Rights, Not Just Trade • China: Beijing Must Disclose Execution Numbers • China: Permit Independent Investigation into Shooting of Tibetan Refugees • North Korea: Ending Food Aid Would Deepen Hunger