A quarter of a million Sri Lankans now being held in de facto detentioncamps are facing a humanitarian disaster as monsoon rains threaten toflood camps.
A Moscow court has found in favour of the president's libel suit against human rights activist Oleg Orlov who accused him of "beingresponsible" for the murder of ...
Muhammad al-Maqalih was abducted by a group of men in an unmarked van. It is thought he is being held because of his criticism of the government over the armedclashes ...
An effective Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) should be one that helps to protect lives, livelihoods and rights. The treaty should protect the ability of states to lawfully ...
As the Human Rights Council closes this week’s discussions on the Goldstone report, Amnesty International calls for the UN Secretary-General to refer the report ...
The three men were part of a group of seven undocumented migrants from El Salvadorand Ecuador who where shot at by Mexican security forces as theycrossed into the ...
A male Yemeni journalist, Muhammad al-Maqalih, was abducted in the capital, Sana’a, after criticizing the government over armed clashes in Sa’da province, northern ...
Amnesty International has called for an international commission of inquiry to investigate the brutal attacks committed by soliders during the suppression of a ...
Successive governments have failed to providejustice, reparation, adequate healthcare to thousands of women and girls raped during thecountry's 1992-1995 war, says ...
A Syrian Kurdish man has been forcibly returned to Syria from Cyprus. He was detained on arrival, and has not been seen since: he has been subjected to enforced ...
