The men had their right hands and left legs amputated by members of the
al-Shabab armed militia in front of a crowd of local people in northern
Mogadishu.
Secretary General Irene Khan expressed her concern at the continuing human rights violations in Zimbabwe, when she met with the country's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangi
Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai told Amnesty
International's chief Irene Khan that the direction for reform had been
set and committed to ensuring the im
Amnesty International Secretary General Irene Khan concludes the organization's six-day high level mission to Zimbabwe, a country where serious and persistent human ri
As her high level mission to Zimbabwe concludes, Amnesty International's Secretary General Irene Khan issues this public statement about the country's human rights sit
As Amnesty International ends its high-level mission to Kenya, Secretary General Irene Khan urges the government to tackle impunity for human rights violatio
Secretary General Irene Khan led the marchers who came from informal settlements all over Kenya's capital - a city where over half the population live in slu
Amnesty International's Secretary General kicked off her first high
level mission in Kenya with visits to two informal settlements in
Nairobi – a city in which
The UN is urged to reject calls to block prosecutions of persons charged with crimes against humanity and war crimes in Sudan, including President Omar al-Bashir.
Amnesty International’s Secretary General has called on the G-20
grouping that brings together the world’s leading economies to lead by
example and show
More than six decades of human rights failures by governments have been
exacerbated by the world economic crisis, which brought the problems of
poverty and inequalit
The inauguration of the Inclusive
Government in Zimbabwe brought hope of change, but
human rights violations targeted at human rights and political
activists persis
20,000 people who live in Warri South and southwest local government
area, in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, are caught in cross fire
between the Joint Task Forc