The Afghan government and its international supporters must immediately
set out a clear and effective plan to ensure a credible second round of
presidential election voting.
Since the August polls, Amnesty International has received evidence
of harassment and violence against the media by supporters of President Hamid Karzai and his chief election rival, Abdullah Abdullah.
The three men were part of a group of seven undocumented migrants from El Salvador
and Ecuador who where shot at by Mexican security forces as they
crossed into the state of Chiapas.
Amnesty International has called for an international commission of inquiry to investigate the brutal attacks committed by soliders during the suppression of a mass rally in Conakry earlier this week.
Successive governments have failed to provide
justice, reparation, adequate healthcare to thousands of women and girls raped during the
country's 1992-1995 war, says a new Amnesty International report.
A new Amnesty International report documents rape and other violence against Darfuri women and girls, carried out both inside and outside of refugee camps.
Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno was sentenced to six strokes of the cane for drinking alcohol in public. The sentence was upheld by the Shariah Court of Appeal in the State of Pahang.
