Amnesty International's delegation
has documented many cases of abuse including killings following excessive use of force, arbitrary arrests of
demonstrators by security forces and indiscriminate, unnecessary
use of tear gas.
China’s supreme court must carefully review reported death sentences imposed today on five individuals by a court in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR) of northwest China, Amnesty Inte
An Amnesty International delegation also found cases of over 40 people whose whereabouts are still unknown. These human rights violations follow a massacre during a political protest in September.
Amnesty International has called for a
clear, credible mechanism to investigate civilian casualties of military operations, as the US prepares to send in 30,000 more troops.
Amnesty International has urged the Saudi Arabian authorities to investigate the reported killing of seven civilians in an air raid attack in the Sa’da region of Yemen.
Amnesty International is calling on the Sri Lankan government to permanently release civilians who have been illegally detained in camps following the end of the civil war six months ago.
