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Sudan: UN must meet protect civilians
Thursday, 1 June 2006, 8:49 pm | Amnesty International
(New York) -- The U.N. Security Council must ensure the urgent deployment in Darfur of a strong U.N. mission authorized to use force to protect civilians, said Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and the International Crisis Group, in a joint ... More >>
Zimbabwe: Satellite images shocking evidence
Wednesday, 31 May 2006, 7:56 pm | Amnesty International
Amnesty International today released the first-ever satellite images of the wholesale destruction of a large community in Zimbabwe -- providing the clearest possible evidence to date of the devastating impact of the Zimbabwean government's policy of house ... More >>
UNSC Must Meet Protect Civilians In Sudan
Wednesday, 31 May 2006, 11:34 am | Amnesty International
(New York, May 25, 2006) -- The U.N. Security Council must ensure the urgent deployment in Darfur of a strong U.N. mission authorized to use force to protect civilians, said Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and the International Crisis Group, ... More >>
Amnesty International's Report 2006
Thursday, 25 May 2006, 7:39 pm | Amnesty International
Covering 150 countries from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, Amnesty International Report 2006 is a commentary on the state of the world’s human rights. It covers a range of issues and the responsibilities of governments - big and small - armed groups ... More >>
The state of the world’s human rights
Thursday, 25 May 2006, 7:32 pm | Amnesty International
HOPE Remarkable progress on the abolition of the death penalty showed the potential for public pressure to bring about change. More >>
World's poor & disadvantaged pay for war on terror
Thursday, 25 May 2006, 7:27 pm | Amnesty International
(London) 2005 was a year of contradictions in which signs of hope for human rights were undermined through the deception and failed promises of powerful governments, said Amnesty International today as it published its annual report. More >>
Launch Of Amnesty International Report 2006
Wednesday, 24 May 2006, 9:02 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International's Secretary General, Irene Khan, will launch the Amnesty International Report 2006 from London on Tuesday 23 May 2006, at 10:00 BST (9pm NZ Time), at the Foreign Press Association. More >>
Growing network of arms brokers and transporters
Wednesday, 10 May 2006, 7:43 pm | Amnesty International
Chronically weak and outdated arms controls urgently need strengthening to stop an ever-expanding chain of arms brokers, logistic firms and transporters from fuelling massive human rights abuse around the world, according to a new report issued today. More >>
USA: Amnesty Breifing To UN Torture Committee
Friday, 5 May 2006, 11:42 am | Amnesty International
This briefing includes further information on the implementation by the United States of America (USA) of its obligations under the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Convention; UN Convention against ... More >>
Russian Federation: Racism and xenophobia rife
Thursday, 4 May 2006, 7:27 pm | Amnesty International
"I didn’t go to the police because I’ve been hearing more cases that … even people that go to the police to make a report … in the end it goes against them..." More >>
US: Government creating "climate of torture"
Thursday, 4 May 2006, 7:23 pm | Amnesty International
Amnesty International today made public a report detailing its concerns about torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment of prisoners and detainees both in the US and in US detention sites around the world. More >>
Colombia: Internally displaced face elections
Wednesday, 3 May 2006, 6:48 pm | Amnesty International
In a letter made public today, Amnesty International urged Colombia's presidential candidates to make public their plans of action to tackle the country’s human rights crisis, particularly the impact of the recent demobilization of army-backed paramilitaries ... More >>
Ethiopia: Treason trial of prisoners of conscience
Wednesday, 3 May 2006, 6:43 pm | Amnesty International
Amnesty International today called on the Ethiopian government to release immediately and unconditionally several opposition Members of Parliament-elect, human rights defenders and journalists whose treason trial begins today, saying that they are ... More >>
Colombia: Time to stop killing of trade unionists
Wednesday, 3 May 2006, 6:36 pm | Amnesty International
Four decades of armed conflict in Colombia have had a catastrophic effect on the country's civilians. Caught between the security forces who have consistently colluded with and supported paramilitary groups and, on the other side, armed opposition groups, ... More >>
Death Penalty: 20,000 on death row across world
Friday, 21 April 2006, 7:57 pm | Amnesty International
Amnesty International today revealed that over 20,000 people on death row across the world are waiting to be killed by their own governments. More >>
Brazil: Eldorado dos Carajás massacre 10 years on
Wednesday, 19 April 2006, 9:41 pm | Amnesty International
On 17 April 1996, military police began clearing landless protesters from the PA-150 highway at Eldorado dos Carajás in the state of Pará. An hour later 19 people lay dead, many shot at close range; some hacked to death by the protesters’ own farm ... More >>
Burundi Journalists, human right monitors attacked
Wednesday, 19 April 2006, 9:38 pm | Amnesty International
Press freedom and human rights in Burundi suffered a severe blow yesterday, when around thirty journalists and human rights monitors were held -- and some severely assaulted -- by police officers after a press conference in Kinindo, Bujumbura. More >>
Cyprus: Police brutality must not go unpunished
Wednesday, 19 April 2006, 8:03 pm | Amnesty International
Amnesty International calls on the Cypriot authorities to end impunity for police ill-treatment and to ensure that all complaints of police brutality are promptly, thoroughly, impartially and independently investigated and that those responsible ... More >>
Nepal: Three human rights orgs call for sanctions
Wednesday, 19 April 2006, 8:01 pm | Amnesty International
(Geneva) Nepal’s King Gyanendra and his senior officials and top military officers should be refused entry to other countries and have any personal assets outside the country frozen, urged Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and the International ... More >>
Bangladesh: Boy among six killed in protests
Wednesday, 19 April 2006, 7:57 pm | Amnesty International
The Bangladeshi government must immediately set up an independent investigation into the killings of farmers protesting electricity shortages in the northern town of Kansat, said Amnesty International today. Six more deaths were reported overnight ... More >>
