Impunity

Nepal Prime Minister urged to commit to combating enforced disappearances - 3 July 2009

A delegation from Amnesty International delivered thousands of letters to the prime minister, calling on him to ratify a treaty aimed at combating enforced disappeara

Impunity for war crimes in Gaza and southern Israel a recipe for further civilian suffering - 2 July 2009

Israeli forces killed hundreds of unarmed Palestinian civilians and destroyed thousands of homes in Gaza in attacks which breached the laws of war, according to a ne

States must be held accountable for violations abroad, says Amnesty International - 26 June 2009

Amnesty International has told the Council of Europe Assembly, that states should be held accountable for violations committed by their forces in operations outside th

Amnesty International chief challenges Zimbabwe Prime Minister to implement human rights reforms - 23 June 2009

Secretary General Irene Khan expressed her concern at the continuing human rights violations in Zimbabwe, when she met with the country's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangi

Zimbabwe's progress on human rights 'woefully slow' - 18 June 2009

Amnesty International Secretary General Irene Khan concludes the organization's six-day high level mission to Zimbabwe, a country where serious and persistent human ri

Kenyan government must act urgently to end impunity and bring about essential reforms - 12 June 2009

As Amnesty International ends its high-level mission to Kenya, Secretary General Irene Khan urges the government to tackle impunity for human rights violatio

Injustice fuels Sri Lanka's cycle of abuse and impunity - 11 June 2009

Amnesty International has accused the Sri Lankan government of trapping the country in a vicious cycle of abuse and impunity.

One killed, 150 injured as protests continue in Jammu & Kashmir following rape and murder of two young women - 10 June 2009

Protesters in Jammu & Kashmir continued to press for the Indian government to seriously pursue allegations that members of the Central Reserve Police Force raped

Nepal must commit to ending impunity - 4 June 2009

Amnesty International has called on the Nepalese government to commit to ending impunity for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes by ratifying the Rome S

President Obama defends Guantánamo closure, but endorses indefinite preventive detention - 22 May 2009

US President Barack Obama has restated his commitment to closing the Guantánamo detention facility and to ending the use of the so-called "enhanced inter