Disappearances And Abductions

Medvedev's first year: failure to improve human rights - 8 May 2009

The Russian President, Dmitry Medvedev, has not delivered on the promises he made about human rights during his first year in power.

Demanding justice for Nepal's civil war victims - 1 May 2009

During the Nepalese civil war between 1996 and 2006, Amnesty International documented the killing, enforced disappearance and torture of thousands of civilians.

Mixed messages from President Obama after 100 days - 29 April 2009

100 days after taking office, President Obama's record in terms of US counter terrorism policies has been assessed in a new Amnesty International report.

Counter Terror with Justice checklist: Assessing President Obama's first 100 days

Close Guantánamo and End Illegal Detention

1. Confirm that the USA will permanently close the detention facility at Guantánamo and set a relatively short deadlin

Prime Minister of Kurdistan Region of Iraq commits to human rights - 23 April 2009

Nechirvan Barzani promised to make the security forces accountable for cases of arbitrary detention, torture, enforced disappearances and other ill-treatment.

Last of activists abducted in December released by Zimbabwe's authorities - 20 April 2009

The last three political prisoners who were abducted by state agents in Zimbabwe in December 2008 were released on bail on Friday.

No progress in Chechnya without accountability - 17 April 2009

There can be no stability and security for the people of Chechnya, until those responsible for gross human rights abuses in the country over the last 10 years are brou

Zimbabwe independence celebrations overshadowed by human rights abuses - 17 April 2009

The inclusive government is failing to tackle the problems of continued imprisonment of political prisoners, enforced disappearances and tight restrictions on media.

Security forces above the law in Iraqi Kurdistan - 14 April 2009

Security forces in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan Region operate outside the rule of law and regularly abuse their authority.

Hundreds released as Gambian witch hunts end - 8 April 2009

Hundreds of people held in a government-backed witch hunt in Gambia have been released without charge.
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