Afghans fleeing war find misery in urban slums

23 February 2012

Afghan authorities have failed to help some 500,000 displaced people who are struggling to survive in Kabul slums, a new Amnesty report says.

Dominican Republic: End police abuse to comply with UN treaty

22 February 2012

Police in the Dominican Republic must break with their shameful practise of abuse in order to comply with the UN Convention against Torture.

Egypt: Systematic failure to rein in security forces

22 February 2012

Egypt's security forces continue to kill protesters with the same brutal tactics used in Hosni Mubarak’s last days in power.

Egypt police violence: Casualties and individual cases

22 February 2012

Saudi Arabia: Trial of Riyadh protester ‘utterly unwarranted’

22 February 2012

Saudi Arabian authorities are using a Riyadh court established to fight terrorism to try peaceful protesters.

Campaigners to ‘jam faxes’ in support of Colombia peace community

21 February 2012

A global "faxjam" action led by Amnesty International focuses on protection for a Peace Community that defends its right not to be drawn into armed conflict in Colombia.

Israeli decision to release Palestinian detainee in April ‘insufficient’

21 February 2012

Amnesty International has urged Israel to release Khader Adnan immediately to allow him to receive urgent medical treatment.

Blog: One family’s dramatic escape from Syria

20 February 2012

Syria: ‘The man they were shooting at is actually my husband’

18 February 2012

Syrian women who fled to Jordan speak out about the brutal violence of the Bashar al-Assad regime.

Syria: ‘How much blood must we pay before the world helps?’

17 February 2012

A shocking dispatch from the border with Syria reveals the extent and brutality of torture experienced by those arrested in the country.