The political crisis in Zimbabwe has been characterised by a series of politically-motivated
violations of civil, political, social and economic rights against real
U Win Tin, a 78-year-old journalist, prominent dissident and senior
official in the main opposition National League for Democracy (NLD)
party, led by Daw Aung San Su
The family of Jean Charles de Menezes will at last have the chance to
get answers to their questions about the events leading to his death,
in the course of the coro
Every year, more than 300,000 people are killed with conventional weapons. Millions more are injured, abused, forcibly displaced and bereaved as a result of armed v
Three men were executed in Japan on Thursday 11 September 2008. Amnesty International has
called for the government to immediately adopt a moratorium on
executions.
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has signed a power-sharing agreement
with the leaders of the two formations of the Movement for Democratic
Change, but the implica
This latest initiative paves the way for other countries to follow
suit, and makes Argentina the sixth country to ratify all the human
rights instruments of the inte
The World is Watching week will see activists and supporters of the Control Arms Campaign in more than 50 countries urge their governments
to reach an agreement on an
