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The Security Council is preparing to consider reports on the implementation of the "completion strategy". To date only 37 people have received a final sentence for their crimes in the Yugoslav wars...
Kolawole Olaniyan, Director of Amnesty International’s Africa Programme, "This announcement brings hope for justice and accountability for the victims of killings, massive forced displacement and...
The organisation also called for the release of those imprisoned in 1989 or jailed since for seeking a reassessment of events at Tiananmen. Amnesty highlighted the case of Shi Tao, a writer and...
According to information received by Amnesty International, Sheikh Muhammad Ma’shuq al-Khiznawi, 48, died on 30 May, 20 days after he “disappearedâ€, apparently detained by Syrian Military...
An inquiry under the 2005 Act, railroaded through Parliament on the last possible day before it was dissolved for the election, would lack independence and be largely controlled by the executive, says...
Over the past two weeks the Government of Zimbabwe has orchestrated the forced eviction of thousands of informal traders and families living in informal settlements across the country as part of a...
The organisation was launching a new detailed analysis of the EU’s counter-terrorism measures in the area of criminal law since 11 September 2001. The Analysis highlights the lack of judicial...
Stephane Mikala, Deputy Director of Amnesty International’s Africa Programme, said: “On a daily basis Nigerian Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights are beaten, raped and even...
Impact on civilians Civilians are targeted by all sides in Colombia’s armed conflict — the security forces, paramilitaries and armed opposition groups. In the first half of 2004, at least 1,400...
Amnesty International believes that the arguments the Supreme Court presented to overturn these sentences are contrary to the Haitian Constitution and that the Supreme Court, by basing its ruling on...