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Sudan: Death and devastation continue in Darfur

'The armed militias (Janjawid) supported by the Sudanese government armed forces have been responsible for massive human rights violations against the civilian population in Darfur,' the delegates...

Nigeria/Sierra Leone: Special Court ruling - no immunity for former Liberian President Charles Taylor

'The decision upholds the principles of international justice and the rule of law,' Amnesty International said. 'The ruling reaffirms that Charles Taylor must not be allowed to enjoy impunity from...

DRC: Combatants in Bukavu must stop attacks on civilians

'General Laurent Nkunda and Colonel Jules Mutebusi, whose forces seized the city yesterday, should ensure that combatants under their command uphold international humanitarian law and stop attacking...

China: 15 years after Tiananmen, arrests go on and calls for justice continue

More than 50 people are still imprisoned for their part in the protests, according to Amnesty International’s records. This number is a fraction of the true figure, which has never been released by...

Turkey: 'Scandal' of half of all Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights suffering violence condemned in new report

'Let neither a woman’s back be free from blows, nor her womb be empty' - proverb quoted by a Turkish judge refusing a divorce on the grounds that pregnancy meant that marital violence could not have...

Russia: Joint statement on the case of Igor Sutiagin

Violations of international fair trial standards have marred proceedings against Igor Sutiagin throughout the investigation and trial, and raise serious concern that the case may have been brought for...

Jamaica: Amnesty says urgent government action needed to protect gay people from homophobic violence

Amnesty International has received many reports of vigilante action against gay people by members of the community, and of ill-treatment or torture by the police. Gay men and Women's rights's rightss...