A photo exhibition compiled and staged at the UN by the Control Arms Campaign aims to influence negotiations for an effective International Arms Trade Treaty.
Amnesty International has called on all states to suspend international
supplies of military and police weaponry, munitions and other equipment
that could be used to commit human rights violations by Guinean
security forces.
More than 100 government officials from around the world attended an
event at the United Nations where Amnesty International launched a new
briefing on the arms trade.
The Israeli authorities must disclose details of the internal
investigations they have carried out into the conduct of the Israeli
armed forces, Amnesty International said on Wednesday.
Amnesty International's Secretary General has urged the White House to refer the report on violations of international law committed in Gaza to the UN Security Council.
Following a large-scale police operation, the families are now sleeping under plastic sheeting on land opposite the site of the
eviction. They are without food or blankets in cold, wet conditions.
Amnesty International has condemned the excessive use of force by
Iranian security forces against demonstrators in Tehran commemorating the tenth
anniversary of 18 T
An investigation into 20 deaths by Rio de Janeiro's Public Prosecutors Office has implicated the officers in the formation of a death squad and unlawful killings.
Amnesty International has called on the Chinese authorities to fully account for the
deaths and for the 1,434 people who were detained in connection with the protests
