The Sri Lankan military and the opposing Liberation Tigers of Tamil
Eelam (LTTE) are putting displaced civilians in danger as fighting continues in northern Sri Lanka
Nearly 80 organisations, including a number of Amnesty International's
African sections, have come together to show solidarity with the people
of Zimbabwe.
Amnesty International has described as scandalous the Israeli army's
account of firing a tank shell that killed Reuters cameraman Fadel
Shana as a "sound"
Civilians in Georgia remain vulnerable to serious human rights abuses,
including attacks on the basis of their ethnicity, despite the end of
large-scale hostilities.
Julia Ozorio Gamecho is the first woman to tell the Truth and Justice Commission about how she was sexually abused by the military during General Alfredo Stroessner's
After months of increased tension, and recent low-level hostilities,
the conflict between Georgia and the breakaway region of South Ossetia
escalated in the early mo
