Hundreds of people have been forced from their homes to make way for a
commercial development in Rivers State, Nigeria, Amnesty International
has learned.
A longstanding travel ban on journalist Emadeddin Baghi, has prevented him from travelling to Switzerland to recieve his Martin Ennals prize in person.
Mohammed Soudani has been detained incommunicado since he met with two
French radio journalists who were covering the presidential and
legislative elections that took place on 25 October.
Judge Richard Goldstone's report on war crimes committed in Gaza and southern Israel is to be debated by the General Assembly this week. Amnesty International has urged the UN to grasp the opportunity to address accountability.
Amnesty International has called for a credible and transparent investigation into the 4 September airstrike in
Kunduz that killed scores of people, many of them
civilians.
The
vast majority of governments – 153 in total - agreed a timetable to
establish a "strong and robust" Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) at the United Nations on Friday.
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.
Hairat Niyaz has been detained since 1 October. He is thought at risk of torture and ill-treatment. Family and friends believe his detention is due to comments he made about the recent unrest.
The assault of two independent journalists in Tunisia and the arrest of
a third in the wake of last week's elections must be punished, Amnesty
International said.
