International support is needed to help Jordan end border restrictions on refugees fleeing the armed conflict in Syria, said Amnesty International. According to a new report published today hundreds fleeing to Jordan and other neighbouring countries are being turned back at borders. The report,...

By Donatella Rovera, Amnesty International’s Senior Crisis Researcher. As the threat of military intervention looms over an alleged chemical weapons attack near Damascus, in a far flung corner of Syria the town of Deir Ezzour offers an insight into the suffering of ordinary Syrians. Once a...

By Donatella Rovera, Amnesty International’s Senior Crisis ResearcherA different version of this article has appeared on https://www.newstatesman.comAs the threat of military intervention looms over an alleged chemical weapons attack near Damascus, in a far flung corner of Syria the town of...

Cyber City is an unusual camp beside a desolate crossroads outside Irbid, in northern Jordan. Hidden behind a wall and some pine trees, a dreary six-floor block looks out over rusting machinery and a dry plain. Formerly for migrant workers, it now hosts around 500 refugees from Syria. After passing...

By Neil Sammonds, Syria Researcher at Amnesty International Twelve kilometres south of the border with Syria lies the Za’atri refugee camp in Jordan. Over 130,000 refugees, who have fled the conflict in Syria, live here in a 7km-wide stretch on this otherwise lifeless desert plain, in a mix of...

From 7-16 December hundreds of thousands of people will be writing letters, sending SMS messages and taking action online as part of an Amnesty International day of action to mark International Human Rights Day. Among those who could benefit from the Write for Rights campaign this year are the...

A ready flow of military weapons from China, Sudan and Ukraine has triggered indiscriminate attacks by both the South Sudanese Armed Forces and armed opposition groups, Amnesty International said today in a new briefing. Amnesty International’s briefing Overshadowed Conflict, Arms supplies fuel...

The UN Security Council must urgently respond to the ongoing crackdown in Syria by referring the situation to the International Criminal Court, Amnesty International said today, amid reports that security forces continued to shell the city of Hama, where dozens of people have now been killed.The...

The UN Security Council must urgently respond to the ongoing crackdown in Syria by referring the situation to the International Criminal Court, Amnesty International said today, amid reports that security forces continued to shell the city of Hama, where dozens of people have now been killed.The...

Amnesty International has received first-hand reports of torture and other ill-treatment from detainees held in Syria as a wave of arrests of anti-government protesters intensified over the weekend. Detainees who were recently released told the organization of beatings and harsh conditions in...

Amnesty International has received first-hand reports of torture and other ill-treatment from detainees held in Syria as a wave of arrests of anti-government protesters intensified over the weekend. Detainees who were recently released told the organization of beatings and harsh conditions in...

By Donatella Rovera, Amnesty International crisis researcher By Donatella Rovera, Amnesty International crisis researcher Some of these homes had already been shot at or shelled before they left and many of those returning expected to find more damage. What some of them did find, however, was far...