Amnesty International has expressed concern that the Nicaraguan Supreme
Court continues to delay its judgment on the legality of new criminal
laws on abortion which entered into force in 2008.
Amnesty International has welcomed the decision of a Côte d’Ivoire court not to transfer $45 million in compensation owed to victims of the toxic waste dumping in Abidjan in 2006 to the account of an organization which was falsely claiming to represent all 30,000 of them.
The Kenyan government has failed to implement a fair and credible judicial process to try those accused of carrying out human rights violations, including possible crimes against humanity, during last
The vote adopting key recommendations of the report on the
conflict in Gaza and southern Israel earlier this year, is vitally
important for ensuring that those who committed war
crimes will be held accountable, said Amnesty International.
Scores of Nigerians lost their homes on Friday morning when Rivers
state authorities began bulldozing buildings in Port Harcourt, Amnesty
International has learned.
Amnesty International is aware of at least 137 people currently on death row in Saudi Arabia, of which 106 are foreign nationals. The true figures are believed to be much higher.
Amnesty International has condemned the excessive use of force by Iranian security forces that saw scores of peaceful protesters beaten and detained on Wednesday.
Amnesty International has urged that $45 million compensation paid by an oil trading company to
victims of one of the worst toxic dumping scandals in recent years
must reach the people to whom it is owed.
