Activists and supporters of Amnesty International will launch a week of action on Monday highlighting the continued detention of thousands of displaced civilians in government camps in Sri Lanka.
Ehsan Fattahian was hanged in connection with his alleged membership of an illegal opposition group. Two other Iranian Kurdish men also feared to be at imminent risk of execution.
Amnesty International has called on all parties to the conflict raging in Yemen’s northerly Sa’da region to treat detainees humanely and protect civilians.
Ehsan Fattahian is to be executed on Wednesday, for his alleged membership of an illegal opposition group. Two other Iranian Kurdish men are also feared to be at imminent risk of execution.
The vote adopting key recommendations of the report on the
conflict in Gaza and southern Israel earlier this year, is vitally
important for ensuring that those who committed war
crimes will be held accountable, said Amnesty International.
Amnesty International has called for a credible and transparent investigation into the 4 September airstrike in
Kunduz that killed scores of people, many of them
civilians.
Amnesty International has condemned the Taleban's attack on a guesthouse hosting staff from the United Nations in Kabul, that killed at least six civilian UN staff.
Amnesty International said Monday’s decision by the Special Court for Sierra Leone to uphold the convictions of three former senior leaders of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) is a positive
The government of Pakistan remains woefully under-prepared for a
displacement crisis in South Waziristan as civilians flee the region
following three days of heavy fighting.
