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Researchers Expose Illegal Detention and Torture in Ivory Coast
More than 200 people, including members of former President Laurent Gbagbo’s Ivorian Popular Front, are being illegally detained and tortured…
October 25, 2012
Report
The Toxic Truth
Amnesty's new report looks at a company called Trafigura, a ship called the Probo Koala, and the dumping of toxic…
September 26, 2012
Press Release
Amnesty International and Greenpeace Joint Report Exposes Devastating Effects of Toxic Waste Dumping in Côte d’Ivoire
Amnesty International and Greenpeace International concluded in a major new report released today that the multinational company behind the 2006…
September 21, 2012
Press Release
Missing Millions Must Reach Trafigura Toxic Waste Victims in Côte d’Ivoire, Says Amnesty International
Contact: AIUSA media relations, 202-509-8194 (Washington, D.C.) - Côte d'Ivoire's new government must ensure that the compensation paid out by…
August 23, 2011
Press Release
Missing Millions Must Reach Trafigura Toxic Waste Victims in Côte d’Ivoire, Says Amnesty International
Côte d'Ivoire's new government must ensure that the compensation paid out by the oil-trading corporate group Trafigura reaches the thousands…
August 19, 2011
Press Release
Armed Dozo Militia Fighters Are Seen as Threat to Civilians Who Fear Leaving Temporary Camps
Contact: Suzanne Trimel, 212-633-4150, [email protected] (New York) - Ivory Coast security forces and a state-backed militia are creating a climate…
July 28, 2011
Report
Côte d’Ivoire: Climate of fear stopping return of displaced people
Côte d'Ivoire security forces and a state-backed militia are creating a climate of fear that is preventing hundreds of thousands…
July 27, 2011
Report
Annual Report: Côte d’Ivoire 2011
Death penalty: abolitionist for all crimes Population: 21.6 million Life expectancy: 58.4 years Under-5 mortality (m/f): 129/117 per 1,000 Adult…
June 27, 2011
Press Release
Côte d’Ivoire: Dozens of Gbagbo supporters detained without charge
Authorities in Côte d’Ivoire are holding at least 50 people without charge, including several high-profile Ivorian politicians, following the arrest…
June 22, 2011
Press Release
Amnesty International Says High Profile Politicians Under Former President Held Without Charge in Ivory Coast
An Amnesty International delegation has discovered that 50 people, including the former prime minister and minister of foreign affairs, are…
June 22, 2011
Press Release
Witnesses Tell Amnesty International of Executions, Rapes and Manhunts During Ivory Coast Political Violence; New Report Accuses Both Sides of Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Related to Atrocities
Contact: Suzanne Trimel, 212-633-4150, [email protected] Witnesses Tell Amnesty International of Executions, Rapes and Manhunts During Ivory Coast Political Violence; New…
May 26, 2011
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Witnesses Tell Amnesty International of Executions, Rapes and Manhunts During Ivory Coast Political Violence; New Report Accuses Both Sides of Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Related to Atrocities
Contact: Suzanne Trimel, 212-633-4150, [email protected] Witnesses Tell Amnesty International of Executions, Rapes and Manhunts During Ivory Coast Political Violence; New…
May 26, 2011