Hunger, homelessness and preventable diseases are not inevitable social
problems or simply the result of natural disasters – they are a
violation of people’s economic, social and cultural rights.
In a meeting with delegates from Amnesty International Nepal, the Minister gave a commitment to start the process for her country to ratify the Rome Statute.
The UN is urged to reject calls to block prosecutions of persons charged with crimes against humanity and war crimes in Sudan, including President Omar al-Bashir.
Ahead of Friday’s UN Security Council briefing by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on his visit to Sri Lanka, Amnesty International urged the Security Council to de
The Pakistani military and Taleban insurgents should immediately allow
tens of thousands of civilians caught in the middle of ferocious
fighting to leave.
The Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
(LTTE) must allow
tens of thousands of civilians to leave the 'No Fire Zone', Amnesty
Internation
Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi faces trial on Monday
after an American man is alleged to have swum across the lake in
front of her house and stayed there
Amnesty International urged the UN Security Council to take action
after at least 35 people were reported to have been killed in northern
Sri Lanka in an attack on a
