The Tunisian government is misleading the world as it conveys a positive image of the human rights situation in the country while abuses by its security forces continue unabated and are committed with impunity, Amnesty International revealed in a new report today.
Myanmar’s government is keeping aid from reaching survivors of Cyclone
Nargis and stepping up efforts to force them out of emergency shelters.
Zimbabwean “war veterans” are forcibly recruiting local youths to
attack perceived supporters of the opposition as violence in the
country reaches crisis levels, Amnesty International has warned.
The Secretary General of Amnesty International, Irene Khan, is in
Brussels on Tuesday to meet top officials in the EU Council, Parliament
and Commission.
Poor inner city Jamaicans are left at the mercy of gangs and abusive
police officers who are rarely, if ever, brought to justice for human
rights abuses.
Poor inner city Jamaicans are left at the mercy of gangs and abusive
police officers who are rarely, if ever, brought to justice for human
rights abuses.
Despite the storm force winds and heavy rain, Amnesty International
members held a vigil outside the Embassy of Georgia in London on
Tuesday.
Three years after the murder of Azerbaijani journalist Elmar Hüseynov, assaults on opposition journalists continue.
An international day of public and online action will
call on the Kenyan
government to protect people from politically-motivated and ethnic
violence.
At least 2.3 million people have been displaced by the conflict in
Darfur; most now
live in more than 65 camps dotted around Darfur.
