Amnesty International has called for a temporary truce and for
the creation of humanitarian corridors to allow more than quarter of a million
trapped civilians to es
Those sentenced were accused of leading unrest against unemployment and high living
costs in the phosphate-rich Gafsa region of south-east Tunisia earlier
in 2008.
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) have released former
governor Alan Jara, who had been held hostage by the guerrilla group
since 2001.
Hundreds of Myanmar's Rohingya people are missing at sea and many more
are at risk of drowning after Thai authorities forcibly expelled large
groups of Rohingyas see
Four Egyptian newspaper editors convicted of publishing offences under
a controversial press law have had their one-year prison sentences
overturned by a Cairo Appea
One year after the battle between government and armed opposition
forces in N’Djaména, Chad, serious human rights violations perpetrated
by the security
Following the outbreak of the recent conflict in Gaza and southern
Israel on 27 December 2008 and then Israel's ground invasion of Gaza on
3 January 2009, Amnesty In
