The phenomenon of forced eviction in Africa is a massive human rights scandal that should be stopped immediately. Instead of taking measures to improve the housing ...
Only a fraction of nearly 300000 people who were displaced by recentfighting in the north east of Sri Lanka have been allowed to leavegovernment camps since the ...
In this memorandum Amnesty International assesses the human rights situation in Zimbabwe since the creation of an Inclusive Government in February 2009. Amnesty ...
Sirazhudin Minatulaevich Shafiev was abducted by masked men in camouflage uniform on 8 September. His whereabouts are unknown and there are fears for his life and ...
Human rights lawyers in China have been harassed, forcibly disappeared, placed under surveillance and faced criminal charges for protecting the rights of others ...
Prominent human rights organizations request that the latestdraft Disappearances bill in Nepal be amended to make it comply withinternational law and standards.
The lives of Islam Askerov and Arsen Butaev remain at risk after a burnt-out car containing the bodies of three men was found in the Republic of Dagestan, Russian ...
In this document Amnesty International expresses its concern about a range of human rights concerns to the new government in South Africa. The first recommendations ...
In this submission, Amnesty International provides information as stipulated in the General Guidelines for the Preparation of Information under the Universal Periodic ...
In May 1999, during the armed conflict, Serbian police officers forced their way into the home of the Kosovo-Albanian Dana family. Six men from the family were ...