30 April 2008
Across much of the world, May Day – International Workers’ Day – represents an opportunity for workers to celebrate their rights and
stand together in solidarity.
30 April 2008
More than 3,000 Palestinian refugees are currently cut off from the
rest of the world in dire conditions without access to adequate
humanitarian assistance.
17 April 2008
Women in Brazil are finding themselves left to pick up the pieces following criminal and police violence in shanty-towns.
31 March 2008
Mobile homes for an illegal Israeli settlement in the Occupied
Palestinian Territories got the go-ahead within a week of Israeli
bulldozers demolishing Palestinian homes and property in the area.
17 March 2008
Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch call on the UN Secretary-General to implement a transparent process for selecting a strong and outspoken High Commissioner for Human Rights.
14 March 2008
A man who spent nearly three years in secret CIA detention spoke exclusively to Amnesty International about his ordeal.
6 March 2008
On 8 March, International Women’s Day, women across the world will take to the streets to express their commitment to the defence of human rights, often at great risk to their safety.
3 March 2008
Journalists in Somalia are being killed for reporting the truth about
the country's bloody conflict.
29 February 2008
Three years after the murder of Azerbaijani journalist Elmar Hüseynov, assaults on opposition journalists continue.
26 February 2008
In early February, an Amnesty International delegation travelled to
Kenya, investigating human rights violations that have occurred during
the post-election violence.
