Foreign banks ‘enabling’ Zimbabwe diamond violence: groups
Foreign banks with investments in Zimbabwe are enabling human rights abuses by failing to stop local partners from facilitating illegal sales of the country’s diamonds, rights groups said Tuesday.Continue Reading
Kenya: Q&A on Pre-Trial Hearing in First ICC Case
On September 1, 2011, a “confirmation of charges” hearing will begin before an ICC pre-trial chamber in The Hague. It will determine whether the first case in the Kenya situation at the International Criminal Court (ICC) should be sent to t…Continue Reading
Haiti: Earthquake Recovery Failing Women and Girls
Women and girls in Haiti are facing gaps in access to available healthcare services necessary to stop preventable maternal and infant deaths. Serious gaps in access to healthcare services are harming vulnerable wo…Continue Reading
Rights group says Libyan troops used human shields
Libyan troops loyal to Moammar Gadhafi forced civilians to act as human shields, perching children on tanks to deter NATO attacks, human rights investigators said. It was part of a pattern of rapes, slayings, “disappearances” and other war crimes that …Continue Reading
Sólo quieren saber donde están
Por Javier Zúñiga, Asesor Especial de Amnistía Internacional
La última vez que Supaya Serrano Cruz vio a sus hermanas, Erlinda y Ernestina, las niñas tenían apenas 3 y 7 años respectivamente.
Las tres caminaban por un monte, escapando de un op…Continue Reading
Nicaragua: Mariposas de esperanza
Por Jeremy Bloom y Vittorio Infante, del equipo de América Central
¡Muchísimas gracias a todas las personas que habéis creado mariposas a través de Internet o en papel! Si todavía no lo has hecho, muestra tu apoyo. Puedes crear tu propia maripos…Continue Reading
Zimbabwe: Rampant Abuses in Marange Diamond Fields
(Johannesburg) – Zimbabwe police and private security guards employed by mining companies in the Marange diamond fields are shooting, beating and unleashing attack dogs on poor, local unlicensed miners. …Continue Reading
China criticised for jailing monk
Human rights activists have criticised China for jailing a Tibetan lama for 11 years over the death of a young monk who set himself alight.Continue Reading
PHR: Libya troops held civilians as human shields
Libyan troops loyal to Moammar Gadhafi forced civilians to act as human shields, perching children on tanks to deter NATO attacks, human rights investigators said. It was part of a pattern of rapes, slayings, “disappearances” and other war crimes that …Continue Reading
Gaddafi war crimes in Misrata widespread: report
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Forces loyal to fallen Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi committed a vast array of possible war crimes while battling rebels in Misrata, the country’s third largest city, according to a report issued on Tuesday by a U.S.-based human rig…Continue Reading
Iraqi Kurdistan: Prominent Kurdish Journalist Assaulted
The Kurdistan Regional Government should conduct a prompt, thorough, and impartial investigation into the attack on the prominent journalist Asos Hardi on August 29, 2011, and prosecute whoever is responsible. …Continue Reading
HRW: Venezuela should protect rights activist
A human rights group demanded Monday that President Hugo Chavez’s government provide protection for an activist who had to flee Venezuela after being threatened for alleging human rights abuses in prisons.Continue Reading
Azerbaijan: Rights Defender, 6 Activists Convicted
Azerbaijani courts sentenced a human rights defender to three years in prison following a flawed trial on dubious charges of interference with parliamentary elections.
(New York) – Azerbaij…Continue Reading
Venezuela: Protect Human Rights Defender
The Venezuelan government should promptly adopt concrete measures to comply with an Inter-American Court order to protect Humberto Prado, a human rights defender who has been the target of multiple threats. …Continue Reading
Duelo en medio de las celebraciones en Trípoli
Por el equipo de investigación sobre Libia de Amnistía Internacional.
Hombres armados disparan incontables ráfagas a modo de celebración por lo que ahora dormir por la noche aquí resulta difícil. Están exultantes por más de un motivo —la últ…Continue Reading