Children | Amnesty International

Dominican Republic delivers "huge blow" to women's right to life - 18 September 2009

The Dominican parliament has voted in favour of constitutional changes that could lead to a total ban on abortions, a move Amnesty International says will put women and girls at risk and increase mate

Arrest of 11-year-old girl latest human rights violation in Manipur - 21 August 2009

Human rights organizations in the Indian state of Manipur, have alleged that the police abducted Bidyarani Devi Salam to make her parents - who were suspected of helping local armed opposition groups – give themselves up.

Displaced civilians in Philippines still at risk despite Mindanao ceasefire - 25 August 2009

More than 200,000 people living in camps with limited access to food, also face human rights abuses by both the army and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), says a new Amnesty International report.

General during Argentina's military dictatorship sentenced to life in prison - 14 August 2009

Santiago Omar Riveros, who ran a detention centre, was found guilty of torturing and beating to death a 15 year old boy. He is also accused of over 40 crimes against humanity involving victims of the era's so-called "disappeared".

US Judge orders release of young Guantánamo detainee - 31 July 2009

A US judge has ordered the release of a young Afghan detained in Guantánamo Bay after six and a half years in US custody.

Hundreds of Peru’s poor, rural and Indigenous pregnant women die in health service lottery - 9 July 2009

A new Amnesty International report explores the high levels of maternal mortality amongst women from excluded or marginalized communities.

President of Lithuania vetoes homophobic law - 29 June 2009

The law would prohibit the discussion of homosexuality in schools and ban any reference to it in public information that can be viewed by children.

Amnesty International chief challenges Zimbabwe Prime Minister to implement human rights reforms - 23 June 2009

Secretary General Irene Khan expressed her concern at the continuing human rights violations in Zimbabwe, when she met with the country's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangi

Palestinian homes at risk in occupied West Bank - 8 June 2009

Five families in the West Bank hamlet of Hadidiya are under threat of immediate eviction.

Pakistani civilians trapped in conflict zone lack food, health care and water - 15 May 2009

The Pakistani military and Taleban insurgents should immediately allow tens of thousands of civilians caught in the middle of ferocious fighting to leave.