Amnesty International has called on all states to suspend international
supplies of military and police weaponry, munitions and other equipment
that could be used to commit human rights violations by Guinean
security forces.
More than 100 government officials from around the world attended an
event at the United Nations where Amnesty International launched a new
briefing on the arms trade.
As the Human Rights Council closes this week’s discussions on the Goldstone report, Amnesty International calls for the UN Secretary-General to refer the report to the UN Security Council without delay.
Marvin Ortiz, a journalist with Radio Globo in Honduras, talks to Amnesty International about how the station was forcibly and violently shut down in a joint police and military operation.
Successive governments have failed to provide
justice, reparation, adequate healthcare to thousands of women and girls raped during the
country's 1992-1995 war, says a new Amnesty International report.
The Israeli authorities must disclose details of the internal
investigations they have carried out into the conduct of the Israeli
armed forces, Amnesty International said on Wednesday.
Honduran de facto president Roberto Micheletti urged to rescind a decree
that provides sweeping new powers of detention to the police, bans all
public meetings and imposes a 45 day curfew.
A detainee was seriously injured and had to be hospitalized as a clash
broke out between the Sri Lankan Army and detainees being held at
a school in Vavuniya in north-eastern Sri Lanka on Tuesday.
The Yemeni authorities must clarify the whereabouts of journalist Muhammad al-Maqalih, who was seized by plain-clothed assailants in the capital Sana'a late on Thursday.
