9 May 2008
In the wake of Cyclone Nargis, the government
of Myanmar is deliberately impeding life-saving
assistance.
2 May 2008
Sri Lanka is a conflict where journalists face unjustified restrictions on reporting and there are very few established facts.
29 April 2008
In a report published today, Amnesty International revealed the extent
of police violence in Mozambique, saying that police are killing and
torturing people with near total impunity.
28 April 2008
Secretly filmed footage of a man being beheaded in Saudi Arabia has been received by Amnesty International.
28 April 2008
The Pakistan government must reinstate around 60 judges removed by President Pervez Musharraf under emergency law, ahead
of a 30 April deadline set by the ruling coalition.
24 April 2008
Ethiopian forces and forces of the Transitional Federal Government of
Somalia (TFG) have been accused of targeting civilians in an attack on
a Mogadishu mosque that left 21 dead.
24 April 2008
All shipments of small arms, light weapons and ammunition ordered from
China by the Zimbabwe Government must be halted as there is a real risk
that it may lead to increased human rights violations.
22 April 2008
Nepal's threat to use violence to prevent anti-China protests when the Olympic torch reaches Mount Everest has been condemned by Amnesty International.
22 April 2008
Central African leaders and the UN have been urged to secure the
release of more than 350 men, women and children thought to have been
abducted by the Lord’s Resistance Army.
18 April 2008
The US Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that the state of Kentucky's lethal injection procedures are constitutional.