While in Mindanao gathering first hand information for a new report, Amnesty International spoke to some of the civilians affected by the recent upsurge in violence in
Authorities try to paint a positive picture despite increasing reports of forced internal displacement, attacks
against social and human rights activists and killings
Hundreds of people on death row did not have a fair trial and may be innocent. Amnesty International's new report calls for an immediate moratorium on the death penalt
The government of Saudi Arabia executes an average of more than two
people a week - almost half are foreign nationals from poor and developing
countries.
The Vietnamese authorities and state sponsored groups continue to
persecute Catholics following September's violent crackdown on peaceful
mass protests in Ha Noi.
Child soldiers are still being recruited to fight in the ongoing war in the Democratic Republic of Congo. There is also continuing physical and sexual abuse of women a
Some 150,000 Cambodians live at risk of being forcibly evicted in the
wake of land disputes, land grabbing and agro-industrial and urban
redevelopment projects in 20
Every year,
more than 300,000 people are killed with conventional weapons. Millions more
are injured, abused, forcibly displaced and bereaved as a result of armed
v
As the United Nations General Assembly conducts the first major
review of its Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, an Amnesty
International report shows how government
Thousands of Mexican women who face violence in their homes are being put at risk of further abuse by a justice system that often fails to take their safety seriously.
