Press Release
USA: Amnesty International “Deeply Disappointed” by Supreme Court’s Decision to Reject Arar Appeal
Geneve Mantri, counter terrorism with justice government relations director for Amnesty International USA, issued the...
March 27, 2011
Press Release
USA: New Documents Show Congress Knows More About CIA Rendition, Secret Detention, and Torture
- New FOIA documents illustrate that key congressional members from both houses were briefed numerous times about the...
March 27, 2011
Press Release
Afghanistan: Amnesty International Contacts Taliban Spokesperson, Urges Release of Hostages
Amnesty International has made direct contact with the Taliban to demand the immediate and unconditional release of all...
March 27, 2011
Report
USA: Shadow over justice: Absence of accountability and remedy casts shadow over opening of trial of former secret detainee accused in embassy bombings
USA: Shadow over justice Absence of accountability and remedy casts shadow over opening of trial of former secret detainee accused…
March 26, 2011
Report
Investigation, Prosecution, Remedy: Accountability For Human Rights Violations In The War On Terror
The USA is required by international law to respect and ensure human rights, to thoroughly investigate every violation of those…
March 26, 2011
Report
Uganda: “Breaking God’s commands”: The destruction of childhood by the Lord’s Resistance Army
The organization has chosen to issue this report about abuses against children (mainly by the LRA) because thousands of...
March 26, 2011
Report
“A Step Backwards” – Torture and Other Ill-Treatment by Burundi’s National Intelligence Service
“A Step Backwards” – Torture and other Ill-Treatment by Burundi’s National Intelligence Service
March 26, 2011
Report
Zimbabwe: A trail of violence after the ballot
Amnesty International has documented unlawful killings, torture and other ill-treatment of human rights defenders in Zimbabwe following elections on March…
March 26, 2011
Report
Nigeria: Time to end contempt for human rights
The present military government in Nigeria has a record of open contempt for human rights. This report begins with an…
March 26, 2011
Report
New Order, Same Abuses: Unlawful Detentions and Torture in Iraq
More than seven years after the US-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003, the human rights situation remains dire. Despite…
March 26, 2011
Report
Uganda: Arrest Now! Joseph Kony, Vincent Otti, Okot Odhiambo and Dominic Ongwen
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March 26, 2011
Report
Morocco: Continued detention of three brothers who “disappeared” in 1973 (STOP PRESS: released 30 December 1991)
Midhat Rene Bourequat, Bayazid Jacques Bourequat and Ali Auguste Bourequat, three brothers of French nationality, were...
March 26, 2011