Amnesty International has called on all states to suspend international
supplies of military and police weaponry, munitions and other equipment
that could be used to commit human rights violations by Guinean
security forces.
A Moscow court has found in favour of the president's libel suit against human rights activist Oleg Orlov who accused him of "being
responsible" for the murder of human rights worker Natalia
Estemirova.
The three men were part of a group of seven undocumented migrants from El Salvador
and Ecuador who where shot at by Mexican security forces as they
crossed into the state of Chiapas.
Amnesty International has called for an international commission of inquiry to investigate the brutal attacks committed by soliders during the suppression of a mass rally in Conakry earlier this week.
A detainee was seriously injured and had to be hospitalized as a clash
broke out between the Sri Lankan Army and detainees being held at
a school in Vavuniya in north-eastern Sri Lanka on Tuesday.
Amnesty International's Secretary General has urged the White House to refer the report on violations of international law committed in Gaza to the UN Security Council.
Amnesty International warns that the discovery of the remains of over 160 victims of extrajudicial execution in Pakistan's Swat Valley highlights the ongoing human rights
crisis in the country’s northwestern areas.
Caspian Makan, the fiancé of the young woman killed in
the recent protests in Iran, has been held in detention since 26 June,
after he made a statement linking her murder to pro-government militia.
