News stories - 2010

Ten years after the killing of 21 people including British woman Charlotte Wilson travelling on the Titanic Express bus in Burundi, Amnesty International and the Wilson family are today urging the Burundian government to provide justice for the families of those killed in the countrys civil war. Posted: 28 Dec 2010

A life sentence handed down against Dr Binayak Sen by a court in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh yesterday violates international fair trial standards and is likely to enflame tensions in the conflict-affected area, Amnesty International has said. Posted: 25 Dec 2010

Amnesty International is calling on the Iranian authorities to halt the execution of a Kurdish law student scheduled for 26 December, and for the authorities to commute his death sentence. Posted: 24 Dec 2010

Amnesty International has expressed its disappointment with the outcome of yesterdays United Nations special meeting on the situation in Ivory Coast. The UN Human Rights Council met in a special session to consider the worsening situation in Ivory Coast, which has seen an increasing number of unlawful killings, enforced disappearances and physical abuse in the wake of the 28 November presidential election. Posted: 24 Dec 2010

As the UN Human Rights Council prepares to hold a Special Session on the situation of human rights in Ivory Coast, Amnesty International calls on the Councils members to take effective measures to end the human rights violations. Posted: 23 Dec 2010

Amnesty International is calling on the Bangladeshi government to immediately investigate allegations that a Member of Parliament for the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party has been tortured while in police custody. Posted: 23 Dec 2010

Eyewitnesses have told Amnesty International that abductions, disappearances and physical abuse are increasing as post-election violence escalates in Ivory Coast. Posted: 21 Dec 2010

Amnesty International has today (21 December 2010) called on the Yemeni authorities to halt the imminent execution of a young man for a crime he is alleged to have committed at the age of 15. Posted: 21 Dec 2010

Eyewitnesses have told Amnesty International that protestors seriously injured during Thursdays mass protests in Ivory Coasts capital city of Abidjan were denied medical treatment amid threats from security forces. Posted: 20 Dec 2010

Amnesty International today called on the Iraqi government to do more to protect the countrys Christian minority from an expected spike in violent attacks as they prepare to celebrate Christmas. Posted: 20 Dec 2010

Amnesty International has condemned the violent dispersal of a mainly peaceful demonstration in the aftermath of Sundays presidential election in Belarus which was marred by irregularities. Posted: 20 Dec 2010

Amnesty International has condemned the execution this morning of 11 men in Iran accused of links to the bomb attack in Chabahar that killed more than 39 people last week, many of them worshippers at a mosque. Posted: 20 Dec 2010

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Amnesty International has welcomed the announcement by the Northern Ireland Executive that it will hold an inquiry into historical institutional child abuse in the region. Posted: 17 Dec 2010

The Kyrgyzstani authorities are failing to provide justice for the thousands of victims of human rights abuses during four days of violent ethnic clashes which tore through southern Kyrgyzstan in June 2010, Amnesty International said in a report published today (16 December). Posted: 16 Dec 2010

Eyewitnesses have told Amnesty International that at least nine unarmed protesters were killed today [16 December] in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, during mass protests over a political deadlock following presidential elections. Posted: 16 Dec 2010

Amnesty International today welcomed the new report on Migration and Trafficking produced by the Scottish Parliaments Equal Opportunities Committee. Posted: 14 Dec 2010

On Tuesday 14 December, an award-winning political comedy show will be performed inside the Houses of Parliament for the first time. Bussmanns Holiday: The Worst Date Ever exposes the failure of the Ugandan government and the international community to track down and bring to justice the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). Posted: 13 Dec 2010

Amnesty International is calling for proposed measures to restrict the issuing of arrest warrants for suspected war criminals and torturers visiting the UK to be dropped. Posted: 13 Dec 2010

Amnesty international has said that revelations contained in US diplomatic cables leaked by the WikiLeaks website, strengthen the case for an independent public inquiry into the killing of Belfast solicitor Patrick Finucane. Posted: 13 Dec 2010