News & Updates

Artsyom Dubski

Belarus activists tell of life in exile

27 November 2009

Belarusian youth activists sentenced to 'restricted freedom' for attending a peaceful protest have told Amnesty International how they were targeted by the authorities.
Sheperds stand beside a cistern in the village of Umm al-Kheir, in the southern West Bank (OPT), September 2009.

Israel rations Palestinians to trickle of water

27 October 2009

Amnesty International has accused Israel of denying Palestinians the right to access adequate water by maintaining total control over the shared water resources and pursuing discriminatory policies.

Blog: My husband's place is not in prison

9 December 2009

Blog written for Amnesty International by Shaimaa, the wife of human rights defender Musaad Suliman Hassan Hussei.

Blog: My son-in-law, the prisoner of conscience

9 December 2009

Blog written by Talib Yakubov, the father-in-law of prisoner of conscience Azam Farmonov.

Nigerian police 'kill at will'

9 December 2009

Amnesty International has exposed the shocking level of unlawful police killings in Nigeria in a new report.

Indiscriminate Baghdad attacks are a war crime

8 December 2009

Amnesty International has condemned the indiscriminate bomb attacks in Baghdad that killed at least 120 people, many of them civilians, and injured 400 other people on Tuesday.

Philippines must limit Martial Law and disband paramilitaries

8 December 2009

The Philippine authorities should immediately establish a clear and short timetable for an end to martial law in the country’s restive Maguindanao province.

Mexican civilian authorities must investigate pattern of serious abuses by military

8 December 2009

New evidence of serious human rights violations carried out during military operations to combat organized crime and drug cartels in Mexico has been unveiled in an Amnesty International report.

Russia must stop persecution of rights activists

8 December 2009

The Russian authorities must stop persecuting human rights activists and instead channel their efforts into investigating those responsible for their murders.

Saudi Arabian man beheaded and crucified

8 December 2009

Amnesty International has condemned an execution in Saudi Arabia that saw a 22-year-old man beheaded and then crucified.

Major accused of torturing girl to death in Nepal must be arrested

8 December 2009

The Nepali government must immediately pursue the arrest of an army major accused of torturing a 15-year-old girl to death.

Iran must stop imminent execution of juvenile offender

8 December 2009

The Iranian authorities must halt Wednesday's planned execution of a juvenile offender, Amnesty International has urged.