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Press Release
Kunduz Bombing Needs Independent Investigation
According to media reports, Department of Defense will be releasing public report on its investigation into the U.S. bombing of a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan which killed 42 and injured 43, including medical staff and patients, in October 2015.
April 28, 2016
Press Release
One year on, Burundians pay the price of entrenched human rights crisis
One year on from the start of the Burundi crisis, the human rights situation in the country continues to deteriorate and accountability for horrific acts of violence remains elusive, Amnesty International said today. The decision by the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to open a preliminary examination underlines the gravity of the situation.
April 26, 2016
Press Release
New report on Ayotzinapa disappearances in Mexico reveals government’s determination to sweep tragedy under the carpet
A damning report by an independent group of experts into the enforced disappearance of 43 Mexican students in September 2014 is yet another dark stain in the Mexican government's atrocious human rights record, said Amnesty International.
April 25, 2016
Report
Unearthing the truth: Unlawful killings and mass cover-up in Zaria
Mass slaughter of hundreds of men, women and children by soldiers in Zaria and the attempted cover-up of this crime demonstrates an utter contempt for human life and accountability, said Amnesty International as it publishes evidence gathered on the ground revealing how the Nigerian military burned people alive, razed buildings and dumped victims’ bodies in mass graves.
April 22, 2016
Press Release
Nigeria: Military cover-up of mass slaughter at Zaria exposed
Mass slaughter of hundreds of men, women and children by soldiers in Zaria and the attempted cover-up of this crime demonstrates an utter contempt for human life and accountability, said Amnesty International as it publishes evidence gathered on the ground revealing how the Nigerian military burned people alive, razed buildings and dumped victims’ bodies in mass graves. Â
April 22, 2016
Press Release
Indonesia: Police chief’s shocking torture admission only tip of iceberg
The confirmation of the use of torture by Indonesia’s security forces by Indonesia’s chief of police is an unprecedented turnaround after more than a decade of stubborn denial of this practice, said Amnesty International today.
April 21, 2016
Press Release
Greece: Europe must shoulder the burden for 46,000 refugees and migrants trapped in squalor
With all eyes focused on the implementation of the recently agreed EU-Turkey deal, the plight of more than 46,000 refugees and migrants stuck in squalid conditions across mainland Greece, is in danger of being forgotten, said Amnesty International in a report released today.
April 15, 2016
Press Release
Terrifying eyewitness video of life under siege in Syria must spur humanitarian lifeline
The terrifying reality of the Syrian government’s relentless barrel bombing of the besieged city of Daraya, outside Damascus, is made brutally clear in a new video released by Amnesty International today amid the latest round of peace talks in Geneva.
April 15, 2016
Press Release
Nigerian military must come clean on slaughter of 347 Shi’ites
Revelations of the slaughter and secret burial of 347 members of a Shi’ite religious group in mass graves by the Nigerian army must be urgently investigated said Amnesty International today, and anyone suspected of criminal responsibility for these crimes must be brought to trial.
April 12, 2016
Press Release
Amnesty International USA Welcomes New Round of Guantánamo Transfers
In response to the transfer of two Guantánamo detainees to Senegal, and reports of multiple upcoming transfers, Amnesty International USA’s Security & Human Rights Program Director Naureen Shah issued the following statement.
April 5, 2016
Report
‘I Didn’t Know There Were Two Kinds of Justice’ Military Justice and Police Brutality in Chile
Chile’s outrageous two-tier justice system is allowing police officers to beat, ill-treat and in some cases even kill peaceful demonstrators and other individuals and only face a miniscule sanction at best, said Amnesty International in a new report today.
April 1, 2016
Press Release
Historic ruling on police torture in Philippines following Amnesty International campaign
A historic ruling by a Philippines court this week in which a police officer was convicted of torturing bus driver Jerryme Corre plants a seed of hope that the tide may be turning against impunity for perpetrators of torture, Amnesty International said today.
April 1, 2016