Authorities in Haiti must enact legislation to protect children working
as domestic help in conditions that amount to slavery, said Amnesty
International ahead of Universal Children’s Day.
The Egyptian authorities must take immediate and inclusive steps to
protect Cairo's poorest inhabitants living in "unsafe areas", according to a new Amnesty International report.
The Obama administration should revise its detention policies in Afghanistan to make them consistent with international law, Amnesty International, Human Rights First, and Human Rights Watch have said
Activists and supporters of Amnesty International will launch a week of action on Monday highlighting the continued detention of thousands of displaced civilians in government camps in Sri Lanka.
Reports that the Iranian government plans to establish "cyber police"
to fight "crimes" on the internet indicate they are intensifying
their attack on freedom of expression.
President Obama must use his first official visit to China to urge the authorities to reverse the sharp rise in human rights violations in the country, Amnesty International said on Friday.
