Amnesty International's Secretary General Irene Khan has warned the Australian government not to squander a unique
opportunity to right historic wrongs.
Authorities in Haiti must enact legislation to protect children working
as domestic help in conditions that amount to slavery, said Amnesty
International ahead of Universal Children’s Day.
The Egyptian authorities must take immediate and inclusive steps to
protect Cairo's poorest inhabitants living in "unsafe areas", according to a new Amnesty International report.
Victims of the 2006 toxic waste dumping scandal in Côte d’Ivoire told
Amnesty International on Monday that a ruling protecting their
compensation was a "small victory".
Scores of Nigerians lost their homes on Friday morning when Rivers
state authorities began bulldozing buildings in Port Harcourt, Amnesty
International has learned.
Amnesty International has expressed concern that the Nicaraguan Supreme
Court continues to delay its judgment on the legality of new criminal
laws on abortion which entered into force in 2008.
Amnesty International today urged the authorities in Côte d’Ivoire to ensure that $45 million compensation paid by an oil trading company to victims of one of the worst toxic dumping scandals in recent years reaches the people to whom it is owed.
Hundreds of people have been forced from their homes to make way for a
commercial development in Rivers State, Nigeria, Amnesty International
has learned.
Amnesty International today warned hundreds of people – including many women and children – may be left homeless tomorrow morning if plans to demolish their homes to make way for a commercial development go ahead.
