The Philippine authorities should immediately establish a clear and
short timetable for an end to martial law in the country’s restive
Maguindanao province.
Amnesty International's delegation
has documented many cases of abuse including killings following excessive use of force, arbitrary arrests of
demonstrators by security forces and indiscriminate, unnecessary
use of tear gas.
An Amnesty International delegation also found cases of over 40 people whose whereabouts are still unknown. These human rights violations follow a massacre during a political protest in September.
Amnesty International has urged the Saudi Arabian authorities to investigate the reported killing of seven civilians in an air raid attack in the Sa’da region of Yemen.
Amnesty International has called for a
clear, credible mechanism to investigate civilian casualties of military operations, as the US prepares to send in 30,000 more troops.
The Peruvian authorities must conduct investigations
into the deaths of all those killed during violence at a road blockade
led by Amazon Indigenous peoples in June.
Amnesty International said that it was deeply worried about
the safety of victims of and witnesses to a shooting at a military
blockade that took place in Tegucigalpa.
Amnesty International has urged the government to protect witnesses and safeguard vital forensic evidence, following the massacre of at least 57 people in Maguindanao province.
