Disappearances And Abductions | Amnesty International

Security forces above the law in Iraqi Kurdistan - 14 April 2009

Security forces in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan Region operate outside the rule of law and regularly abuse their authority.

Hundreds released as Gambian witch hunts end - 8 April 2009

Hundreds of people held in a government-backed witch hunt in Gambia have been released without charge.

Algeria's next president urged to address past human rights abuses - 8 April 2009

Algerians go to the polls on Thursday to vote for their next president.

Peru's Ex-President convicted in landmark case - 7 April 2009

Alberto Fujimori, the former President of Peru, has been convicted of a series of human rights violations.

CIA crimes and Polish complicity?: transparency and accountability needed - 3 April 2009

Sign the petition for a full and transparent investigation into crimes alleged in context of secret CIA detention

Algeria’s next president told no prospect for national reconciliation without truth and justice - 30 March 2009

Ahead of Algeria’s presidential elections, the country's next leader has been urged to address the legacy of human rights abuses of the 1990’s internal c

Shi'a men and teenagers held incommunicado by Saudi Arabian authorities - 23 March 2009

At least 10 people were arrested this month after demonstrations against the arrest by security forces of Shi’a visitors to the tomb of the Prophet Muhammad in

China: Activist Feng Zhenghu victim of enforced disappearance - 23 March 2009

The Chinese government should immediately reveal the whereabouts of prominent human rights defender Feng Zhenghu, whose detention by security forces in Beijing on 15 F

Hundreds accused of 'witchcraft' persecuted in The Gambia - 18 March 2009

Up to 1,000 people have been taken from their villages by “witch doctors”, taken to secret detention centres and forced to drink hallucinogenic concoctio

Nepal: Human rights abuses rise as conflict continues - 2 April 2004

When peace talks between the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) and the government in Nepal broke down in August 2003, there was an immediate increase in human rights