November 2006

Thw White Ribbon Scotland Campaign asks men to wear a white ribbon to show that they will campaign to stop violence against women. Posted: 29 Nov 2006

Amnesty International is gravely concerned at reports that repressive measures are again being adopted by the Government of Maldives to suppress freedom of expression and assembly. Posted: 28 Nov 2006

The preliminary report by the Rapporteur of the European Parliament's Temporary Committee investigating CIA activity in Europe, Claudio Fava, confirms Amnesty International's conclusions that complicity by European countries, including the UK, has allowed CIA renditions to occur in Europe. Posted: 28 Nov 2006

The preliminary report by the Rapporteur of the European Parliament's Temporary Committee investigating CIA activity in Europe, Claudio Fava, confirms Amnesty International's conclusions that complicity by European countries, including the UK and Ireland, has allowed CIA renditions to occur in Europe. Posted: 28 Nov 2006

European report confirms Amnesty's conclusions that EU countries are complicit in rendition. Posted: 28 Nov 2006

Amnesty International has today [Tuesday 28 Nov] criticised the Nigerian government for failing to adequately prosecute members of the police and security forces who commit rape against women and girls, and has called on the country's Federal and State authorities to urgently overhaul legal and social systems that tolerate widespread rape and sexual violence across the country. Posted: 28 Nov 2006

Amnesty International called on the Chinese authorities to stop targeting the family of Uighur human rights activist Rebiya Kadeer, as two of her sons were sentenced today on charges of tax evasion. A third son - who was so badly beaten by police that he had to be hospitalized - has been moved to a detention centre. Posted: 27 Nov 2006

NATO leaders must set up a joint body, together with partners in Afghanistan, to pursue justice for civilians whose human rights may have been violated by the NATO-led International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) in Afghanistan, said Amnesty International ahead of the NATO summit in Riga, Latvia on 28/29 November. Posted: 27 Nov 2006

The End Violence Against Women Campaign publishes a damning new report revealing that one year after the first independent assessment of government efforts to join up work on violence against women in the UK, there is still a failure to ensure that women are safe. Posted: 23 Nov 2006

The Russian government is failing to stop the torture of suspects in police detention in Russia, said Amnesty International today (22 Nov), as it published a new report on how law-enforcement and other officials in Russia regularly subject detainees to severe beatings, rape and electro-shock torture in an effort to extract 'confessions' out of suspects. Posted: 22 Nov 2006

On 22nd November, Amnesty International and Unison are bringing male AM's together to express their support for the campaign to end violence against women. Standing on the steps of the Senedd, each of them will be asked to wear a white ribbon, to symbolise this international campaign of men working to end men's violence against women. Posted: 22 Nov 2006

Ar 22 Tachwedd, mae Amnest Rhyngwladol ac Unsain yn dod â dynion sy'n aelodau o'r Cynulliad at ei gilydd i fynegi eu cefnogaeth i'r ymgyrch i roi terfyn ar drais yn erbyn merched. Wrth sefyll ar risiau'r Senedd, gofynnir i bob un wisgo rhuban gwyn fel symbol o'r ymgyrch rhyngwladol lle mae dynion yn gweithio i roi terfyn ar drais dynion yn erbyn merched. Posted: 22 Nov 2006

Amnesty International today (Tues 21 Nov) issued a fresh call for a comprehensive and independent UN-led inquiry into violations of international humanitarian law committed during this year's Israel-Hizbullah conflict in Lebanon and Israel. Posted: 20 Nov 2006

A new ICM survey commissioned by the End Violence Against Women campaign (EVAW) has found that 40% of young people know girls who have been coerced or pressurized into sex by their boyfriends, and 42% of young people know girls whose boyfriends have hit them. Posted: 20 Nov 2006

Mae arolwg ICM newydd a gomisiynwyd gan yr ymgyrch Rhowch Derfyn ar Drais yn erbyn Merched (EVAW) wedi darganfod bod 40% o bobl ifanc yn adnabod merched sydd wedi cael eu hannog neu eu gorfodi i gael rhyw gan eu cariadon a bod 42% o bobl ifanc yn adnabod merched y mae eu cariadon wedi'u taro. Posted: 20 Nov 2006

A new ICM survey commissioned by the End Violence Against Women campaign (EVAW) has found that 42% of young people know girls whose boyfriends have hit them and that 40% know girls whose boyfriends have coerced or pressurised them to have sex. Posted: 20 Nov 2006

A new ICM survey commissioned by the End Violence Against Women campaign (EVAW) has found that 42% of young people know girls whose boyfriends have hit them and that 40% know girls whose boyfriends have coerced or pressurised them to have sex. Posted: 20 Nov 2006

On Friday 17 November Amnesty International restated their opposition to PSNI proposals to introduce 50,000-volt electro-shock Tasers, as it made its submission to a police consultation. Posted: 17 Nov 2006

The Government of Sudan agreed "in principle" to a "hybrid operation" of UN and AU peacekeepers in Darfur in a meeting in Addis Ababa with the African Union, the United Nations, representatives of Security Council countries and others. Posted: 17 Nov 2006

A new report released today (16 November) by Amnesty International reveals the exclusion of Romani children from primary education in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia and the failure of the governments to address their needs. Posted: 16 Nov 2006