Press Release
Russia: Crimean activists sentenced after ‘fatally flawed’ military trial
Hefty prison sentences of up to two decades handed down by a Russian military court against two Ukrainian activists today…
August 25, 2015
Report
“Just Tell Me What to Confess To” Torture and Ill-Treatment by Burundi’s Police and Intelligence Service Since April 2015
Beatings with iron bars and acid burns are among an array of torture techniques used by Burundian security forces to…
August 24, 2015
Report
‘Nowhere Safe for Civilians’: Airstrikes and Ground Attacks in Yemen
Civilians in Yemen are bearing the brunt in the conflict raging between Huthi militias (and army units loyal to former…
August 18, 2015
Press Release
Bloody Trail of Civilian Death and Destruction Paved with Evidence of War Crimes in Southern Yemen
Saudi Arabia-led coalition airstrikes and attacks by pro and anti-Huthi armed groups in Ta’iz and Aden in Yemen have killed…
August 17, 2015
Press Release
Syria: War crimes amplify suffering of Eastern Ghouta’s bombed and besieged civilians
Relentless aerial bombardment and shelling by Syrian government forces is magnifying the suffering of civilians trapped under siege and facing…
August 17, 2015
Report
‘Left To Die Under Siege’: War Crimes and Human Rights Abuses in Eastern Ghouta
Thousands of civilians remain trapped in Eastern Ghouta, an area to the north and east of Damascus that has been…
August 14, 2015
Press Release
Less Than 75 Pounds and Never Charged with a Crime, Tariq Ba Odah May Die at Guantanamo
The US Department of Justice filed its opposition today to Guantanamo detainee Tariq Ba Odah's habeas petition and bid for…
August 14, 2015
Press Release
A lost decade for victims of Indonesia’s Aceh conflict
Indonesia is still failing tens of thousands affected by the devastating Aceh conflict, leaving family members and victims in the…
August 13, 2015
Press Release
UN must address systematic accountability failure for peacekeeper abuses
The UN must review the oversight of its peacekeeping operations, Amnesty International said ahead of today’s Security Council meeting called…
August 13, 2015
Press Release
CAR: UN troops implicated in rape of girl and indiscriminate killings must be investigated
The rape of a 12-year-old girl and the apparent indiscriminate killings of a 16-year-old boy and his father by UN…
August 11, 2015
Press Release
Fresh evidence of casualties underscores need for impartial investigation into Turkish airstrikes in Kandil Mountains
Evidence collected by Amnesty International in a fact-finding mission indicates that multiple Turkish government airstrikes killed eight residents and injured…
August 11, 2015
Report
Don’t We Matter? Four Years of Unrelenting Attacks Against Civilians of Sudan’s South Kordofan State
Government forces in Sudan have committed war crimes against the civilian population of South Kordofan, Amnesty International has definitively confirmed…
August 4, 2015