Annual Report 2011
The state of the world's human rights

Regional News

from Africa

20 June 2008
Victims allegedly abducted by ZANU-PF supporters who, in some instances, were accompanied by armed men believed to be government agents.
13 June 2008
Reports indicate that the Egyptian authorities have deported some 700 Eritrean asylum-seekers to Massawa in Eritrea, on special daily Egypt Air flights from Aswan In
06 June 2008
The government of Zimbabwe has banned field operations by non-governmental organisations in the country.
04 June 2008
Amnesty International has condemned the detention of MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai, saying that his detention was part of a sudden, sharp and dangerous crackdown on p
03 June 2008
02 June 2008
The first female judge to work at the High Court in Pakistan, Majida Razvi; a young Brighton-based Zimbabwean, Alois Mbawara; and Murat Kurnaz, released from Guant&aac
23 May 2008
Amnesty International is gravely concerned by the Sudanese security forces’ crackdown following the incursion into Khartoum, by an armed group.
23 May 2008
Amnesty International has called on the South African government to protect the human rights of people at risk of violent attacks and displacement from their homes on
16 May 2008
Zimbabwean “war veterans” are forcibly recruiting local youths to attack perceived supporters of the opposition as violence in the country reaches crisis
29 April 2008
In a report published today, Amnesty International revealed the extent of police violence in Mozambique, saying that police are killing and torturing people with nea
24 April 2008
Ethiopian forces and forces of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (TFG) have been accused of targeting civilians in an attack on a Mogadishu mosque that
24 April 2008
All shipments of small arms, light weapons and ammunition ordered from China by the Zimbabwe Government must be halted as there is a real risk that it may lead to in
22 April 2008
Central African leaders and the UN have been urged to secure the release of more than 350 men, women and children thought to have been abducted by the Lord’s R
18 April 2008
Zimbabweans had little to celebrate on Friday 18 April, the 28th anniversary of their country's independence.
10 April 2008
Opposition parties in Zimbabwe have complained of violence against people perceived to be their supporters.
07 April 2008
All UN member states are facing a rigorous examination of their human rights records.
03 April 2008
The situation in Zimbabwe has remained calm with all political parties exercising restraint since the national elections, but it is a country "on the edge".
31 March 2008
Two human rights activists have been released from prison in Ethiopia having been detained since November 2005.
28 March 2008
Amnesty International delivered over 10,000 petitions to Kenyan leaders President Mwai Kibaki and Raila Odinga on Thursday.
26 March 2008
Opposition groups in Zimbabwe are suffering harassment, intimidation and discrimination in the run-up to national elections on 29 March.
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