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The verdicts in the Xam·n case represent a milestone in bringing to justice for the first time members of the military responsible for committing serious human rights violations, Amnesty International...
The reported presence of 'legitimate' military targets in the Puthukkudiyiruppu area of Sri Lanka, where 21 civilians were reportedly killed in a bombing raid on 15 September, does not absolve the Air...
Rebiya Kadeer, a well known Uighur businesswoman detained last week in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is being held for ìproviding information to foreignersîor ìpeople outside the...
The release yesterday of 56 political prisoners%link% has been welcomed by Amnesty International, but the organisation expressed concern that over 190 other political prisoners remain behind bars...
As hundreds of East Timorese lie dead or wounded and over a hundred thousand flee, stories of European weapons - such as British-made Hawk jets - being used highlight the need to make the fledgling EU...
Governments throughout the world are failing in their commitments to protect Children's rights%link% from human rights abuses, Amnesty International said today, marking the forthcoming tenth...
'There is no doubt that bodies have been discovered on the shores of Benin, at least one hundred of them out at sea'... -- The League for Human Rights Defence of Benin
The imprisonment of Ghanian journalist Eben Quarcoo for alleged defamation against the wife of President J.J. Rawlings has serious implications for freedom of expression in Ghana, Amnesty...
With the security situation in East Timor at a critical level there must be no delay in deploying a United Nations%link% peacekeeping force following acceptance of such a force by the Indonesian...