Extrajudicial Executions And Other Unlawful Killings

Interview with a survivor of the Bosnia and Herzegovina conflict - 29 August 2008

Nidzara Ahmetasevic talks about how she was wounded in the leg, about the Karadzic trial and about her hopes and dreams for the future of her country.

The need for comprehensive justice across the former Yugoslavia - 29 August 2008

The trial of Radovan Karadzic resumes today in The Hague. But are a small number of high profile trials enough to heal the wounds caused by the horrific violations of

Continuing concern for civilians after hostilities in Georgia - 22 August 2008

Displaced civilians and refugees who fled during the conflict, as well as those who remained in the areas where hostilities have taken place, are in continued need o

Army’s so-called inquiry into cameraman's killing in Gaza a scandal - 15 August 2008

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"

Mexican national executed in Texas - 7 August 2008

José Medellín was put to death in violation of the USA’s international legal obligations and despite worldwide appeals for the execution to be st

UK Ministry of Defence agrees to compensate Iraqi torture victims - 14 July 2008

The family of an Iraqi hotel receptionist who died after being tortured over a period of 36 hours while detained by UK troops in Basra, Iraq, will be paid compensati

Violence and coercion mark Zimbabwe's election - 27 June 2008

Voting in Zimbabwe on Friday has been marked by a campaign of state violence and intimidation in the run up to the presidential election.

Darfur crisis reaches Sudanese capital - 23 May 2008

Amnesty International is gravely concerned by the Sudanese security forces’ crackdown following the incursion into Khartoum, by an armed group.