Lebanon

Lebanon bus bomb kills 14, including civilians - 14 August 2008

The attack, on a commercial bus in Tripoli on Wednesday 13 August, also injures tens of others.

Lebanon: Irene Khan urges action on human rights - 27 June 2008

(Beirut) Secretary General Irene Khan called on top Lebanese officials today to reaffirm their commitment to human rights by taking concrete action, including the crea

Lebanon leaders must prevent human rights abuses - 13 May 2008

All political leaders in Lebanon must clearly instruct their supporters to fully respect human rights and to refrain from recklessly carrying out attacks in heavily-

Lebanon: leaders must prevent human rights abuses - 13 May 2008

All political leaders in Lebanon must clearly instruct their supporters to fully respect human rights and to refrain from recklessly carrying out attacks in heavily-po

Israel: Winograd Commission disregards Israeli war crimes - 31 January 2008

Amnesty International called a report published yesterday by the Winograd Commission on Israel’s conduct in the war with Hizbullah in July-August 2006 “dee

UK government’s 'war on terror' policies put people at risk of torture - 22 February 2006

UK residents Jamil al-Banna, a Jordanian national, and Bisher al-Rawi, an Iraqi national, were arrested in Gambia in 2002, transferred to a US base in Afghanistan and

Palestinian refugees suffer in Lebanon - 17 October 2007

Palestinian refugees in Lebanon face discrimination in employment and a lack of access to adequate education and housing, says a new Amnesty International report.
Lebanon - Amnesty International Lebanon website

In a 34-day war in July-August between Hizbullah and Israel, about 1,200 Lebanese people were killed, hundreds of them children, and around one million were displaced by Isra