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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

Zimbabwe's progress on human rights 'woefully slow' - 18 June 2009

Amnesty International Secretary General Irene Khan concludes the organization's six-day high level mission to Zimbabwe, a country where serious and persistent human ri

Kenyan government must act urgently to end impunity and bring about essential reforms - 12 June 2009

As Amnesty International ends its high-level mission to Kenya, Secretary General Irene Khan urges the government to tackle impunity for human rights violatio

Injustice fuels Sri Lanka's cycle of abuse and impunity - 11 June 2009

Amnesty International has accused the Sri Lankan government of trapping the country in a vicious cycle of abuse and impunity.

One killed, 150 injured as protests continue in Jammu & Kashmir following rape and murder of two young women - 10 June 2009

Protesters in Jammu & Kashmir continued to press for the Indian government to seriously pursue allegations that members of the Central Reserve Police Force raped

Nepal must commit to ending impunity - 4 June 2009

Amnesty International has called on the Nepalese government to commit to ending impunity for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes by ratifying the Rome S

President Obama defends Guantánamo closure, but endorses indefinite preventive detention - 22 May 2009

US President Barack Obama has restated his commitment to closing the Guantánamo detention facility and to ending the use of the so-called "enhanced inter

Support parents and survivors of the Sichuan earthquake - 11 May 2009

One year ago, on 12 May 2008, a devastating earthquake measuring an 8.0 magnitude hit Wenchuan county, in China's southwestern Sichuan province.

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.

Lebanon's elections should pave the way for human rights improvements - 7 May 2009

A new five-point human rights agenda for Lebanon, published by Amnesty International in the run-up to the country's elections, urges its politicians to place human rig