International protection of human rights is in danger of unravelling as short-term national self-interest and draconian security crackdowns have led to a wholesale assault on basic freedoms and rights, warned Amnesty International as it launched its annual assessment of human rights around the...

1) A daily battle for survival in Haiti 2) LiveWire: Burundi: A question of justice; Omar Khadr: Trial begins, but will it continue?; Amnesty International goes on tour with U2 3) Kenya: Improve security, ensure dignity 4) UK torture inquiry: An opportunity for real accountability? 5) 30,000 people...

A global justice gap is being made worse by power politics despite a landmark year for international justice, said Amnesty International today in its annual assessment of human rights worldwide. Launching Amnesty International Report 2010: State of the World’s Human Rights, which documents...

A global justice gap is being made worse by power politics despite a landmark year for international justice, said Amnesty International today in its annual assessment of human rights worldwide. Launching Amnesty International Report 2010: State of the World’s Human Rights, which documents abuses...

A new Amnesty International campaign to give a voice to people living in deprivation will empower “prisoners of poverty” as previous campaigns empowered prisoners of conscience, says Amnesty International’s Secretary General Irene Khan. Irene Khan unveiled the Demand Dignity campaign at...

1) World Health Day: When rescuers become casualties; 2) Counter Terror with Justice: On the rights way to justice 3) Livewire: Grief is still so raw; The task of reconstruction will be truly immense; 100 days campaign in Kenya 4) International Workers Day: Crackdown on migrant workers in South...

1) State of denial: Europe’s role in rendition and secret detention 2) Migrants attacked in South Africa 3) China’s human rights record overshadows Olympic spectacle 4) Worldwide Appeals: Laos: Imprisoned after unfair trial; Viet Nam: Critic of government silenced; Mexico: Indigenous...

1. Kenya: Lives devastated by torture (photograph – AI medical delegate examining victim of torture); 2. North Korea: Government denies prisoners were detained; 3. Federal Republic of Yugoslavia: Ethnic Albanian police employees allege torture in detention (photograph – Avdi...

1. Cote d’Ivoire: Amnesty International adopts more than 70 prisoners of conscience. 2. Equatorial Guinea: Release of opposition party activists. 3. Germany: Amnesty International concerned at reports of torture of asylum seekers. 4. Kenya: Amnesty International representatives visit Kenya....

1. Niger: Amnesty International on fact-finding visit. 2. Venezuela: AI urges government not to violate human rights following coup attempt. 3. Kenya: four prisoners of conscience released pending their court appeal. 4. Malawi: Brutal punishments and unexplained deaths in prisons. 5. United...

1. Turkey: AI welcomes commitment to end torture. 2. Syria: Release of 60 women prisoners of conscience. 3. Kenya: The case of Koigi Wa Wamwere. 4. Sri Lanka: Government accepts most of AI’s recommendations.

Turkey, Focus: Good news, Prisoners of conscience, Iraq, Albania, Niger, Rwanda, Honduras, Cameroon, UK, China, Peru, Syria, AI Visit: North Korea and Ghana, Togo, ; Cases: Sheikh Samir ‘Ali Al-Ribeh – Saudi Arabia, To Thuy Yen – Vietnam, Raila Odinga – Kenya