From: Amnesty International on Thu, Jan 21 2010 2:53 AM

Amnesty International has accused the Sri Lankan government of trapping the country in a vicious cycle of abuse and impunity.

From: Amnesty International on Thu, Jan 21 2010 2:52 AM

More than 4,500 civilians are believed to have died in the fightingaccording to UN estimates in north eastern region in Sri Lanka.

From: Amnesty International on Thu, Jan 21 2010 2:51 AM

Secretary General Irene Khan led the marchers who came from informal settlements all over Kenya’s capital - a city where over half the population live in slu

From: Amnesty International on Thu, Jan 21 2010 2:50 AM

A year into its rule, the Maoist government has failed to live up to its commitments to improving women’s human rights, including protecting women human rights defende

From: Amnesty International on Thu, Jan 21 2010 2:50 AM

100 days after taking office, President Obama’s record in terms of US counter terrorism policies has been assessed in a new Amnesty International report.

From: Amnesty International on Thu, Jan 21 2010 2:49 AM

Zimbabwe’s Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai told AmnestyInternational's chief Irene Khan that the direction for reform had beenset and committed to ensuring the im

From: Amnesty International on Thu, Jan 21 2010 2:48 AM

As Amnesty International ends its high-level mission to Kenya, Secretary General Irene Khan urges the government to tackle impunity for human rights violatio

From: Amnesty International on Thu, Jan 21 2010 2:47 AM

French police have been accused of committing gross human rightsviolations – often against ethnic minorities – for which they areseldom brought to just

From: Amnesty International on Thu, Jan 21 2010 2:46 AM

Secretary General Irene Khan expressed her concern at the continuing human rights violations in Zimbabwe, when she met with the country’s Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangi

From: Amnesty International on Thu, Jan 21 2010 2:43 AM

Condoleezza Rice approved the use of “water-boarding” in 2002 accordingto information released on Wednesday by the US Senate Select Committeeon Intelli

From: Amnesty International on Thu, Jan 21 2010 2:40 AM

Amnesty International’s Secretary General kicked off her first highlevel mission in Kenya with visits to two informal settlements inNairobi – a city in which

From: Amnesty International on Thu, Jan 21 2010 2:40 AM

The United Nations (UN) now estimates that more than 6,500 civilianshave died and 13000 injured in the fighting in the north eastern regionof Sri Lanka.

From: Amnesty International on Thu, Jan 21 2010 2:39 AM

The death follows the publication of an AmnestyInternational report detailing human rights violations committed byFrench police officers.

From: Amnesty International on Thu, Jan 21 2010 2:38 AM

The families dismantled their homes after three years of government harassment and intimidation, with no choice but to accept inadequate compensation rather than have

From: Amnesty International on Thu, Jan 21 2010 2:36 AM

A new Amnesty International campaign will empower "prisoners of poverty" as previouscampaigns empowered prisoners of conscience.

From: Amnesty International on Thu, Jan 21 2010 2:34 AM

All around the world, families wait to find out what happened to those loved ones who have been taken away from them by agents of the state or by people acting with its support or acquiescence.

From: Amnesty International on Thu, Jan 21 2010 2:34 AM

Over 4,000 people gathered in Freetown, Sierra Leone, on Tuesday toattend the launch of Amnesty International’s campaign to end maternalmortality in the country.

From: Amnesty International on Thu, Jan 21 2010 2:33 AM

Twenty states began signing an international agreement to addressviolations of economic, social and cultural rights at the UnitedNations in New York on Thursday.

From: Amnesty International on Thu, Jan 21 2010 2:32 AM

Short film about forced eviction in the Ngofaka-polo Waterfront community Port Harcourt, Nigeria.

From: Amnesty International on Thu, Jan 21 2010 2:31 AM

Governments in Africa must end the practice of forced evictions thatleave hundreds of thousands homeless every year, Amnesty Internationalsaid on World Habitat Day, 5 October.