As the fighting continues between government forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), civilians pay the price for both parties' disregard for internatio
United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon's announcement today that he will conduct an investigation into attacks on UN installations in Gaza is welcome yet in
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
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
One year after the battle between government and armed opposition
forces in N’Djaména, Chad, serious human rights violations perpetrated
by the security
Emergency medical rescue workers, including doctors, paramedics and ambulance drivers, have repeatedly come under fire from Israeli forces in the Gaza conflict while c
With fragile ceasefires now in place in Gaza and southern Israel, the full extent of the devastation caused in recent weeks is becoming increasingly clear.
Houses have been looted, vandalized and desecrated. Israeli soldiers have left behind not only mounds of litter and excrement but ammunition and other military equipme
Amnesty International's fact-finding team has visited refugee camps and spoken to survivors of the Israeli
bombardments during the three week long conflict which bega
Thousands of people who fled their homes for fear of Israeli attacks, are returning to find them destroyed. The fact-finding mission spoke to them, and to doctors abou
