Amnesty International USA is the US Section of Amnesty International, a worldwide human rights organization. http://www.amnestyusa.org/rss/en/news/africa.xml en Amnesty International Amnesty International hourly 4 http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009070211215&lang=e&rss=africa Israeli forces killed hundreds of unarmed Palestinian civilians and destroyed thousands of homes in Gaza in attacks which breached the laws of war, according to a new Amnesty International report. 2009-07-02T00:00:00-05:00 countries=israel_and_occupied_territories http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGAFR440242009&lang=e&rss=africa "Shell companies recognise that regular dialogue and engagement with our stakeholders is essential 2009-06-30T00:00:00-05:00 countries=nigeria http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009063011183&lang=e&rss=africa The oil industry in the Niger Delta of Nigeria has brought impoverishment, conflict, human rights abuses and despair to the majority of people in the oil-producing areas, says a new Amnesty International report. 2009-06-30T00:00:00-05:00 countries=nigeria http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009062911161&lang=e&rss=africa Some refugees have had their homes set on fire and others have been threatened with arson, to coerce them into returning home. 2009-06-29T00:00:00-05:00 countries=burundi,tanzania http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009062911180&lang=e&rss=africa Amnesty International is gravely concerned that several opposition leaders detained in the wake of the 12 June elections may be facing torture, possibly to force them to make televised “confessions” as a prelude to unfair trials in which they could face the death penalty. 2009-06-29T00:00:00-05:00 countries=iran http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009062611131&lang=e&rss=africa President Obama’s decision to close the US detention facility at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, by next January leads Amnesty International to fear that several Tunisians detained there could be forcibly returned to Tunisia where they would be at risk of further, serious human rights violations, including detention without trial and torture. 2009-06-26T00:00:00-05:00 countries=tunisia http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009062611150&lang=e&rss=africa The Iranian authorities must immediately release dozens of journalists arrested since 12 June and who are at risk of torture in detention, Amnesty International said today as it adopted all of them as prisoners of conscience. 2009-06-26T00:00:00-05:00 countries=iran http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009062511106&lang=e&rss=africa No armed group has claimed responsibility for the attack, which also injured more than 127 people. 2009-06-25T00:00:00-05:00 countries=iraq http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009062511116&lang=e&rss=africa The men had their right hands and left legs amputated by members of the al-Shabab armed militia in front of a crowd of local people in northern Mogadishu. 2009-06-25T00:00:00-05:00 countries=somalia http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009062311063&lang=e&rss=africa Secretary General Irene Khan expressed her concern at the continuing human rights violations in Zimbabwe, when she met with the country's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai in London on Monday. 2009-06-23T00:00:00-05:00 countries=zimbabwe http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009062311072&lang=e&rss=africa Togo today decided to abolish the death penalty following a unaninous vote by the national assembly. 2009-06-23T00:00:00-05:00 countries=togo http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009062211042&lang=e&rss=africa Four young men accused of stealing pistols and mobile phones, have been sentenced to amputation on Tuesday by an ad-hoc court. 2009-06-22T00:00:00-05:00 countries=somalia http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009062211045&lang=e&rss=africa Following reports from Iran that members of the Basij militia have used excessive force against demonstrators - and in light of the history of abuses committed by this unaccountable branch of the security forces - Amnesty International calls on the government of Iran to stop using the militia to police demonstrations with immediate effect. 2009-06-22T00:00:00-05:00 countries=iran http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009062211046&lang=e&rss=africa Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai told Amnesty International's chief Irene Khan that the direction for reform had been set and committed to ensuring the implementation of the human rights provisions included in the Global Political Agreement, during his visit to London on Monday. 2009-06-22T00:00:00-05:00 countries=zimbabwe http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGAFR520052009&lang=e&rss=africa Amnesty International today reiterated its calls to all parties to the armed conflict in Somalia to immediately end indiscriminate attacks that cause civilian deaths and injuries, following the killing of at least 13 worshippers when a mosque was hit by a mortar on 17 June in Mogadishu 2009-06-19T00:00:00-05:00 countries=somalia http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009061911014&lang=e&rss=africa Tunisia’s economic growth over recent decades may have been accompanied by improved living conditions for many Tunisians but it has not benefited all. 2009-06-19T00:00:00-05:00 countries=iran http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009061911010&lang=e&rss=africa Ayatollah Khamenei's televised address calls for an end to street protests against the outcome of the election and warns people that if they continue to take to the streets, the consequences will lie with them. 2009-06-19T00:00:00-05:00 countries=iran http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009061911016&lang=e&rss=africa Seven prominent political leaders are thought to be at risk of torture or other ill treatment, after they were arrested this week in connection with their perceived views on Iran’s disputed pres 2009-06-19T00:00:00-05:00 countries=iran http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009061810985&lang=e&rss=africa Amnesty International Secretary General Irene Khan concludes the organization's six-day high level mission to Zimbabwe, a country where serious and persistent human rights violations are combined with the government's failure to address reform or impunity. 2009-06-18T00:00:00-05:00 countries=zimbabwe http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009061810995&lang=e&rss=africa As her high level mission to Zimbabwe concludes, Amnesty International's Secretary General Irene Khan issues this public statement about the country's human rights situation and its desperate economic conditions. 2009-06-18T00:00:00-05:00 countries=zimbabwe http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009061810983&lang=e&rss=africa In this editorial piece, Amnesty International's Secretary General Irene Khan considers the consequences of Iran's 'stolen election', the government's abuse of human rights and the violent protests that followed. 2009-06-18T00:00:00-05:00 countries=iran http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009061710964&lang=e&rss=africa Demonstrations against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s disputed election victory have spread to all corners of the country. 2009-06-17T00:00:00-05:00 countries=iran http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20090617002&lang=e&rss=africa Documents before the Human Rights Council for adoption today strongly imply that the Council will end the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Sudan, according to Amnesty International, which said such a move would be the wrong move given the continuing human rights abuses in Darfur. 2009-06-17T00:00:00-05:00 countries=sudan,usa http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGAFR320072009&lang=e&rss=africa Irene Khan, Amnesty International's Secretary General, led a high level mission to Kenya from 8 to 12June 2009 2009-06-16T00:00:00-05:00 countries=kenya http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009061510948&lang=e&rss=africa Thousands of demonstrators faced a violent response when they took to the streets in Iran on Saturday to protest against the announcement of the victory of incumbent president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Friday’s presidential elections. 2009-06-15T00:00:00-05:00 countries=iran http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009061210933&lang=e&rss=africa Successive Kenyan governments have failed to protect slum dwellers and generations of neglect by politicians has allowed such informal settlements to swell, according to a new Amnesty International report. 2009-06-12T00:00:00-05:00 countries=kenya http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009061210946&lang=e&rss=africa Secretary General Irene Khan led the marchers who came from informal settlements all over Kenya's capital - a city where over half the population live in slums. 2009-06-12T00:00:00-05:00 countries=kenya http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009061210934&lang=e&rss=africa As Amnesty International ends its high-level mission to Kenya, Secretary General Irene Khan urges the government to tackle impunity for human rights violations committed by the police and security forces during the post-electoral violence. 2009-06-12T00:00:00-05:00 countries=kenya http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009061210938&lang=e&rss=africa Both Libyan and Italian leaders urged to make human rights an integral part of migration control policies and to uphold the rights of refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants. 2009-06-12T00:00:00-05:00 countries=italy,libya http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGAFR300032009&lang=e&rss=africa Amnesty International deplores the apparent unlawful killings and extra-judicial executions of politicians by the armed forces and fears a further deterioration of the human rights situation in the run-up to presidential elections, scheduled for 28 June 2009 2009-06-11T00:00:00-05:00 countries=guinea-bissau