Press Release
USA: Amnesty International Condemns Watering Down of the DOJ Report
Tom Parker, Amnesty International USA's policy director for terrorism, counter-terrorism and human rights, issued the...
March 27, 2011
Press Release
Indonesia: Suharto leaves violent legacy
Ex-General Suharto of Indonesia died quietly in bed at age 86, unlike up to a million Indonesians his loyalists had…
March 27, 2011
Report
"A Step Backwards" - Torture and Other Ill-Treatment by Burundi's National Intelligence Service
“A Step Backwards” – Torture and other Ill-Treatment by Burundi’s National Intelligence Service
March 26, 2011
Report
Investigation, Prosecution, Remedy: Accountability For Human Rights Violations In The War On Terror
The USA is required by international law to respect and ensure human rights, to thoroughly investigate every violation of those…
March 26, 2011
Report
Uganda: "Breaking God's commands": The destruction of childhood by the Lord's Resistance Army
The organization has chosen to issue this report about abuses against children (mainly by the LRA) because thousands of...
March 26, 2011
Report
New Order, Same Abuses: Unlawful Detentions and Torture in Iraq
More than seven years after the US-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003, the human rights situation remains dire. Despite…
March 26, 2011
Report
Zimbabwe: A trail of violence after the ballot
Amnesty International has documented unlawful killings, torture and other ill-treatment of human rights defenders in Zimbabwe following elections on March…
March 26, 2011
Report
Nigeria: Time to end contempt for human rights
The present military government in Nigeria has a record of open contempt for human rights. This report begins with an…
March 26, 2011
Report
USA: Secrecy blocks accountability, again: Federal court dismisses 'rendition' lawsuit; points to avenues for non-judicial remedy
It is a fundamental principle of international law that any person whose human rights have been violated shall have access...
March 26, 2011
Report
Uganda: Arrest Now! Joseph Kony, Vincent Otti, Okot Odhiambo and Dominic Ongwen
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March 26, 2011
Report
Morocco: Continued detention of three brothers who "disappeared" in 1973 (STOP PRESS: released 30 December 1991)
Midhat Rene Bourequat, Bayazid Jacques Bourequat and Ali Auguste Bourequat, three brothers of French nationality, were...
March 26, 2011
Report
Israel/Occupied Palestinian Territories: As safe as houses? Israel's demolition of Palestinian homes
Palestinians living under Israeli occupation in East Jerusalem and the rest of the west bank face such tight restrictions...
March 26, 2011