6 May 2008
The dire human rights and humanitarian crisis facing the people of
Somalia has been revealed in a groundbreaking new Amnesty International
report.
17 April 2008
Women in Brazil are finding themselves left to pick up the pieces following criminal and police violence in shanty-towns.
15 April 2008
At least 1,200 people were executed in 2007 and many more were killed
by the state, in secret, in countries including China, Mongolia and
Viet Nam.
2 April 2008
Poor inner city Jamaicans are left at the mercy of gangs and abusive
police officers who are rarely, if ever, brought to justice for human
rights abuses.
1 April 2008
Liu Jingmin, Vice-President of the Beijing Olympic Bid Committee, said In 2001 that allowing Beijing to host the Games would “help the development of human rights."
18 March 2008
Rural women living with HIV in circumstances of poverty in South Africa face discrimination in relationships and in communities because of their gender, HIV status and economic marginalization.
17 March 2008
Five years after the US-led invasion of Iraq, the country is still in disarray.
28 February 2008
The Iranian authorities are continuing to harass activists working to defend women’s rights.
26 February 2008
In Nigeria, sixty five percent of prison inmates have never been
convicted of any crime, with some awaiting trial for up to ten years.
26 February 2008
There has been a clampdown on the freedoms of assembly and expression
in the run-up to parliamentary and presidential elections in the
Russian Federation.
