One mortar shell - fired from a considerable distance - exploded in the poor El Cartucho district of the capital, several blocks away from the parliament building, where the new President was being...

Following her detention on 11 August 1999, Rebiya Kadeer was charged with 'providing secret information to foreigners'. She was convicted and sentenced to eight years in prison in March 2000. Her only...

Between 28 and 29 July, seven MDC members were arrested allegedly for setting fire to three tractors at a government complex in Chipinge North. The seven accused, including the MDC vice-chairman for...

Mohamad Ezam Mohd Nor, youth leader of the opposition Keadilan* party, was already a prisoner of conscience, detained since April 2001 without charge under the Internal Security Act (ISA). He has now...

On Saturday 3 August, Amio Métayer escaped from prison along with an estimated 150 other inmates. During the wave of violence that surrounded the escape, one person was killed, and many buildings...

Pa Ousman Darboe, a reporter at the Independent newspaper, was arrested on 2 August 2002 and Alhaji Yoro Jallo, an editor of the same newspaper, was detained the following day by agents of the...

In an open letter to the new president, the organisation has urged him to develop and implement a comprehensive policy to address the increasingly critical human rights situation in the country...

'This judgment gives a green light for collective punishment in the Occupied Territories,' said the organisation; 'Destroying Palestinian homes to punish whole families for a crime committed by others...

The use of the death penalty has been retained in times of war and Amnesty International is calling on the Turkish authorities for a full end to its use.

Both parties to the Sudanese internal conflict signed a peace protocol on 20 July in Machakos, Kenya, and are set to resume peace negotiations on 12 August, under the auspices of the regional body...