December 1998

Today's decision by the UK House of Lords to reverse the High Court ruling which granted immunity to Augusto Pinochet is a landmark breakthrough against impunity , Amnesty International said. Posted: 5 Dec 1998

All parties in the escalating conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are waging a war against unarmed civilians. Thousands have been massacred and many others have "disappeared " or been abducted, tortured, raped or unlawfully detained since the outbreak of recent fighting on 2 August, Amnesty International says in a new report published today. Posted: 3 Dec 1998