News

US seeks death penalty for Guantánamo detainees

12 February 2008

The US government is seeking the death penalty against six “high-value” detainees at Guantánamo Bay charged on Monday.

Civilians killed and displaced in Darfur clashes

11 February 2008

Thousands of civilians have fled West Darfur’s Sirba region and an unknown number were killed as the Sudan Armed Forces moved to re-occupy the area.

Militia attacks West Darfur towns

8 February 2008

A large army-backed militia force is carrying out attacks on the West Darfur towns of Sirba and Abu Suruj.

Authorities must act to prevent Chad killings

7 February 2008

Amnesty International is alarmed at reports of extrajudicial killings of civilians by armed men in Chad. 

Gazans cut off after Egypt seals border

6 February 2008

There is concern about the increasingly difficult human rights situation and living conditions of some 1.5 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

Prominent Chad opposition members arrested

6 February 2008

Four prominent members of the Chadian opposition have been arrested by security forces in N’Djamena.

Journalists in danger in Sri Lanka

5 February 2008

A number of journalists in Sri Lanka have received death threats in the wake of knife attacks on two journalists in the past eleven days.

Kenyan activists receive death threats

1 February 2008

Amnesty International has called for the protection of several Kenyan human rights activists who have received death threats in the last two weeks.

Egypt blocks Gazans' access to the outside world

31 January 2008

More than 1,000 Palestinians from the Gaza Strip have become stuck in the northern Sinai region of Egypt as the Egyptian authorities try to force them back into Gaza

War crimes go unpunished in Guatemala

31 January 2008

Over a decade after the end of Guatemala's armed conflict, many of those responsible for its most brutal crimes continue to evade criminal prosecution.