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Justice must be served in Nepal
Victims of Nepal's decade-long conflict may be denied their right to truth, justice and reparation under current proposals for a Truth and Reconciliation Commission, warns Amnesty International.
Urgent appeal to halt execution of child offender
Amnesty International today issued an urgent appeal to Yemen's President to halt the execution of a child offender, which is scheduled to be carried out this Saturday. In addition to writing to President 'Ali 'Abdullah Saleh, the organisation has also issued an Urgent Action on behalf of the now 19-year-old man.
International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
Amnesty International is supporting Indigenous organisations worldwide in urging all states to support the adoption of the Declaration as a critical step toward ending the pervasive human rights violations faced by Indigenous peoples.
Human rights must not be trampled on in rush to introduce new legislation
Amnesty International Australia is calling on the Senate to ensure it does not pass legislation that is inconsistent with Australia's human rights obligations.
President Calderon commits to human rights
Amnesty International concluded its high level mission to Mexico with a meeting between Mexican President Felipe Calderon and Amnesty International Secretary General Irene Khan.
Human right activists targeted in Guatamala and Honduras
Human rights defenders working to protect the economic, social and cultural rights of the most marginalised people in Guatemala and Honduras are at high risk of threats, harassment, unfounded charges, attacks and even killings, a new report revealed today.
One year for China to meet its human rights promises
As the one year countdown begins, time is running out for the Chinese government to fulfill its promise of promoting human rights as part of the Olympics legacy.
Release Iranian trade unionists immediately
In support of the International Day of Action for Mansour Ossanlu and Mahmoud Salehi on 9 August 2007, Amnesty International joins voices with the ITUC and ITF in calling for the two men to be released immediately and for any charges that have been levelled against them in connection with their peaceful and legitimate trades union work to be dropped.
Leaders of new Somaliland opposition party arrested
Amnesty International calls for the immediate and unconditional release of three leaders of an emergent opposition party who were arrested in the Somaliland capital of Hargeisa on 28 July.
UN to send peacekeeping force to Darfur
The UN Security Council is to send a new peacekeeping force to Darfur in Sudan, following extensive worldwide campaigning by groups including Amnesty International (AI).
AI calls for Egyptian President to allow observers at key military trial
Amnesty International announced today that it has written to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, urging him to ensure that independent observers are permitted access to the trial of 40 members of the Muslim Brotherhood, scheduled to resume before the Supreme Military Court in Cairo on Sunday.
Draft UN resolution fails to address human rights crisis in Iraq
Amnesty International today expressed deep concern that a draft resolution before the Security Council to expand the mandate of the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) fails to acknowledge and address meaningfully the grave human rights and humanitarian situation in the country that have rightly been highlighted by the most senior UN officials.
Deaths intensify fears of police brutality in Andhra Pradesh
Amnesty International is concerned at reports of excessive and unnecessary use of force by police in Modugonda village, Khammam district, Andhra Pradesh against farmers, political party workers and others demonstrating in response to local land distribution issues on 28 July 2007.
Juvenile offender beheaded in Saudi Arabia
Amnesty International is outraged at the recent beheading of a child offender in Saudi Arabia.
AI demands immediate release of all hostages in Afghanistan
Amnesty International has made direct contact with the Taliban to demand the immediate and unconditional release of all Afghan and foreign hostages. Noting by way of example the plight of the remaining South Korean hostages, Amnesty International called on the Taliban to fulfil their earlier commitments to comply with international law.
Peacekeeping force must be sent to Sudan urgently
Amnesty International welcomes the unanimous vote by the UN Security Council to send a newly strengthened African Union-United Nations force to Darfur in Sudan but warned that the force must be deployed urgently, resourced effectively and be given the full support of the Sudanese Government.
US backs justice for ‘comfort women’
Amnesty International commends the US House of Representatives for passing resolution 121, calling on the Government of Japan to finally accept responsibility for its Imperial Armed Forces' coercion of women into sexual slavery in World War II.
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