Those killed included 13 Children's rights . They were amongst 3,000 civilians displaced from their homes who had sought safety in the compound of the church as fighting escalated in the area. While...

The US-born priest - known in his adopted Brazil as 'Padre Chico' - died of a heart attack on 19 November 1999, aged 59. 'Padre Chico's death is a shock and a great loss,' said Javier ZuÃ’iga...

and sexually abused in police custody over several days earlier this year, demonstrating a continuing cycle of violence against young people in Turkish police stations, Amnesty International warned...

people, because these are the people mainly left in the town. The fighters never suffer; it's always the peaceful civilians. So many people died and so many people were like me; I am just a drop in...

Amnesty International is calling for legislation to prevent UK transfers from contributing to human rights abuses abroad, but despite last yearís White Paper on the issue receiving cross-party...

At a time when Libya seeks to end its isolation and develop its international diplomatic, cultural and commercial ties, it has yet to take steps to improve its human rights record, Amnesty...

London -- The case for extradition or prosecution in the UK is now stronger than ever, Amnesty International said, as the hearings to determine whether Augusto Pinochet will be extradited to Spain...

Amnesty International today expressed concern for the safety of the hundreds of thousands of Burundians who have recently been moved from their homes by the military in the area around the capital...

(Honiara, Solomon Islands, 30 September 1999) -- A 20-day Amnesty International mission to Guadalcanal and Malaita Provinces has documented serious human rights abuses in the context of the country's...

'It is ironic that the East Timorese people, who voted for independence from Indonesia, are now at the mercy of a government that has forced them into its own territory, only to continue terrorizing...