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Archive for: 06/2007

  • Call for human rights abuses end in Zimbabwe

    Amnesty International, Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum and Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights are calling for the end of human rights violations in Zimbabwe in the wake of a special human rights meeting there.

  • Welcome development for ‘comfort women’

    The Japanese House of Representatives Foreign Affairs committee has called on the government to acknowledge and accept historical responsibility for so called 'comfort women'.

  • Renewed appeal for humanitarian access to Somalia

    Amnesty International is concerned that Kenyan authorities are obstructing delivery of UN humanitarian aid designated for Somalia.

  • FARC and ELN must release all hostages

    Amnesty International today called on the guerrilla groups Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia and the National Liberation Army to immediately and unconditionally release all civilians they have abducted.

  • Hundreds of thousands of people displaced

    Over the past decade, some 600,000 people have been forced from their homes in Azerbaujan due to conflict and war.

  • Illegal transfers in Europe must stop

    The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe must take responsibility for eradicating secret detentions and illegal transfers of detainees.

  • Violence in Central African Republic overshadowed

    Amnesty International warns that hundreds of thousands of civilians are at risk in the Central African Republic, as violence in neighbouring Sudan and Chad continues unabated.

  • India must sign anti torture convention

    After a decade of empty promises, India has still not ratified the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment.

  • 163 people forcibly removed from Thailand

    Thai authorities have unlawfully and forcibly returned 163 Lao Hmong from Thailand to Laos, with signs indicating more will be forced to follow.

  • Children face death penalty

    More child offenders have been executed in Iran than in any other country since 1990 and there is no sign this situation will change.

  • Guinean violence must not repeat

    Guinean authorities must stop security forces from using excessive force against unarmed civilians in policing operations.

  • Asia Pacific drug related death sentences rise

    More people are sentenced to death for drug offences than for any other crime in a number of Asia Pacific countries.

  • Control Arms: Governments show overwhelming support for Arms Treaty

    Campaigners around the world are celebrating a significant victory after more than 80 governments participated in the UN consultation process on an Arms Trade Treaty.

  • Serious human rights abuses go unchecked in Northern Ireland

    There has been a complete failure on the part of Northern Irish authorities to ensure accountability for serious human rights abuses.

  • The fight against torture continues

    Twenty years after the creation of the UN Convention against Torture, the need for a consolidated attack on torture is still essential.

  • Make some noise to save Darfur

    Some of the biggest names in music from across the globe have come together to raise money for Amnesty International and awareness of the organisations work - especially in relation to the current human rights crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan.

  • Mounting civilian death toll in Afghanistan

    Amnesty International is increasingly concerned at the escalating numbers of Afghan civilians killed and injured in the ongoing armed conflict in Afghanistan. In recent weeks scores of civilians have been killed during aerial and land attacks against Taliban insurgency by US, NATO and Afghan forces.

  • Poland and Romania: Take responsibility for secret detention sites

    Amnesty International calls on Poland and Romania to conduct independent, impartial and thorough investigations into new information concerning CIA flights and secret detention centres on their territories. All European governments must ensure that the truth about unlawful activities carried out by national and foreign officials in their territory or elsewhere in the context of the US-led rendition and secret detention program is exposed.

  • Pakistan urged not to return Uighurs to China

    Ahead of a bilateral meeting between China and Pakistan, Amnesty International is urging the Pakistan government not to forcibly return 22 unnamed Uighurs to China for fear that they could be at risk of serious human rights violations.

  • Russia condemned for death of peace activist

    The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Russia violated the right to life and other human rights by involvement with the death of Chechen peace activist Zura Bitieva.

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