US/Colombia: Rights Conditions Crucial for Trade Deal
The US Congress should insist on vigorous enforcement of human rights commitments by Presidents Barack Obama and Juan Manuel Santos before moving forward on the US-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
Belarus rejects call for OSCE human rights mission to investigate crackdown
MINSK, Belarus – Belarus has rejected a call by Western countries for a human rights fact-finding mission to be sent to the authoritarian former Soviet republic in the wake of a crackdown on opposition.Continue Reading
Côte d’Ivoire: Millions of people living in fear amid crossfire
By Gaëtan Mootoo and Stephan Oberreit, Amnesty International’s delegates in Côte d’Ivoire
We are two delegates from Amnesty International, and what we would like to do right now is to document reports of grave human rights violations in Abidjan a…Continue Reading
Bridging human rights gaps in Serbia
By Andrea Huber, Head of Amnesty International’s delegation in Belgrade
The media centre was packed with journalists and representatives of NGOs today for the launch of Amnesty International’s report Home is more than a roof over your head, whi…Continue Reading
Bridging human rights gaps in Serbia
By Andrea Huber, Head of Amnesty International’s delegation in Belgrade
The media centre was packed with journalists and representatives of NGOs today for the launch of Amnesty International’s report Home is more than a roof over your head, whi…Continue Reading
100,000 U2 fans support the Demand Dignity campaign!
By Lucy Macnamara, Communications Manager – Art for Amnesty
The concerts here in Buenos Aires have proved to be pretty exciting! Some fantastic campaigning by Amnesty Argentina volunteers meant that we have smashed through our target of 100,000…Continue Reading
100,000 U2 fans support the Demand Dignity campaign!
By Lucy Macnamara, Communications Manager – Art for Amnesty
The concerts here in Buenos Aires have proved to be pretty exciting! Some fantastic campaigning by Amnesty Argentina volunteers meant that we have smashed through our target of 100,000…Continue Reading
Crackdown in China
(Hong Kong) – It has taken the arrest of Ai Weiwei, one of China’s best-known contemporary artists and an outspoken critic of the Chinese government, for the world to take notice that Beijing is in the midst of the largest crackdown on dissent in over …Continue Reading
China says famed artist faces economic charges
China confirmed Thursday that it has detained a renowned artist who had been missing for four days but insisted his case involves “economic crimes” and not human rights.Continue Reading
Las minas, un nuevo peligro mientras continúa la encarnizada lucha en Libia
Por Donatella Rovera, investigadora de Amnistía Internacional sobre la crisis
Mientras continúan los combates por el control de la región estratégica rica en petróleo al oeste de Ajdabiya entre las fuerzas leales al coronel Gadafi y quienes se opo…Continue Reading
Chinese artist Ai suspected of economic crimes
* Foreign ministry says case has nothing to do with human rightsContinue Reading
Rights groups fear charity crackdown in Cambodia
Leading human rights groups urged the Cambodian government on Thursday to drop a controversial draft law they fear is aimed at restricting the activities of campaigners and charity workers.Continue Reading
Rights groups fear charity crackdown in Cambodia
Leading human rights groups urged the Cambodian government on Thursday to drop a controversial draft law they fear is aimed at restricting the activities of campaigners and charity workers.Continue Reading
Algeria: Restore Civil Liberties
(New York) – Algerian authorities have taken a step in the right direction by lifting a state of emergency, but the government still needs to restore basic civil liberties, Human Rights Watch said today. To accomplish that, the government needs to ame…Continue Reading
Nepal: As Army Chief Visits, US Should Insist on Accountability
(New York) – The United States should press Nepal’s army chief of staff during his meetings in Washington this week to cooperate with investigations into crimes committed by Nepali soldiers during the country’s civil war, Human Rights Watch said today….Continue Reading