Report
Mandated to Protect, Equipped to Succeed? Strengthening Peacekeeping in Central African Republic
Civilians in Central African Republic (CAR) remain at risk of deadly violence and instability unless serious weaknesses in the United…
February 5, 2016
Press Release
Iraqi authorities turn blind eye to Shi’a militia vicious reprisal killings
The Iraqi authorities’ failure to protect Sunni civilians from a wave of reprisal attacks by Shi’a militia last month is…
February 5, 2016
Press Release
CAR must strengthen peacekeepers to prevent renewed violence
Civilians in Central African Republic (CAR) remain at risk of deadly violence and instability unless serious weaknesses in the United…
February 5, 2016
Press Release
New Photos Pertaining to Torture Released, U.S. Should Launch Criminal Investigations
The Department of Defense today disclosed nearly 200 previously unreleased photographs pertaining to torture and other ill-treatment of prisoners carried…
February 5, 2016
Report
Upturned Lives: The Disproportionate Impact of France’s State of Emergency
Heavy-handed emergency measures, including late night house raids and assigned residence orders, have trampled on the rights of hundreds of…
February 3, 2016
Press Release
Disproportionate emergency measures in France leave hundreds traumatized
Heavy-handed emergency measures, including late night house raids and assigned residence orders, have trampled on the rights of hundreds of…
February 3, 2016
Press Release
Reinstatement of Nigerian army general implicated in mass murder makes mockery of commitments to end war crimes
The reinstatement of a senior Nigerian military general implicated in the mass murder of hundreds of detainees underlines the monumental…
January 29, 2016
Press Release
Guantánamo Now Open Longer Under President Obama Than President Bush
Two weeks after the Guantánamo Bay detention site entered its 15th year of operation, the detention site faces a new…
January 29, 2016
Press Release
Turkey fails to respond to desperate pleas of seriously injured as deaths mount
The Turkish authorities are failing to respond to the desperate pleas of more than 20 injured residents sheltering for six…
January 28, 2016
Report
Burundi: Suspected Mass Graves of Victims of 11 December Violence
Compelling new satellite images, video footage and witness accounts analyzed by Amnesty International strongly indicate that dozens of people killed…
January 27, 2016
Press Release
Satellite evidence in Burundi supports witness accounts of mass graves
Compelling new satellite images, video footage and witness accounts analyzed by Amnesty International in a new briefing strongly indicate that…
January 27, 2016
Press Release
Pakistan: Armed attack on Bacha Khan University a potential war crime
The armed men who carried out this morning’s deadly armed attack on Bacha Khan University in Charsadda, north-western Pakistan, violated…
January 20, 2016