From: Amnesty International on Thu, Jan 21 2010 2:20 AM

On the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Amnesty International has called for urgent action to tackle abuses against migrants, asylum seekers, detainees and minorities.

From: Amnesty International on Thu, Jan 21 2010 2:19 AM

Hundreds of people have been forced from their homes to make way for acommercial development in Rivers State, Nigeria, Amnesty Internationalhas learned.

From: Amnesty International on Thu, Jan 21 2010 2:19 AM

The Government of Sri Lanka announced a plan on 23 May to resettle most civilians displaced by conflict by the end of the year.

From: Amnesty International on Thu, Jan 21 2010 2:18 AM

A woman faces a higher risk of dying in child birth in Sierra Leone than almost anywhere in the world.

From: Amnesty International on Thu, Jan 21 2010 2:17 AM

Amnesty International’s Secretary General Irene Khan has warned the Australian government not to squander a uniqueopportunity to right historic wrongs.

From: Amnesty International on Thu, Jan 21 2010 2:16 AM

Short film about the Fadama slum in Accra, Ghana.

From: Amnesty International on Thu, Jan 21 2010 2:16 AM

Amnesty International has condemned the excessive use of force by someof the members of the Nigerian security forces after three people wereshot dead during a protest against demolition of homes in Rivers State.

From: Amnesty International on Thu, Jan 21 2010 2:15 AM

From: Amnesty International on Thu, Jan 21 2010 2:15 AM

Amnesty International has exposed the shocking level of unlawful police killings in Nigeria in a new report.

From: Amnesty International on Thu, Jan 21 2010 2:13 AM

Israel must end its suffocating blockade of the Gaza Strip, whichleaves more than 1.4 million Palestinians cut off from the outsideworld and struggling with desperate poverty.

From: Amnesty International on Thu, Jan 21 2010 2:13 AM

New report details abuse before, during and afterthe June election, when authorities deployed the Basij militia andRevolutionary Guards to suppress mass protests against its outcome.

From: Amnesty International on Thu, Jan 21 2010 2:12 AM

Amnesty International has called on Commonwealth leaders to press the Sri Lankan government about the plight of the displaced.

From: Amnesty International on Thu, Jan 21 2010 2:09 AM

Former prisoner of conscience Bu Dongwei spent over two years in aChinese Re-education through Labour (RTL) camp until his release inJuly 2008.

From: Amnesty International on Thu, Jan 21 2010 2:09 AM

A photo exhibition compiled and staged at the UN by the Control Arms Campaign aims to influence negotiations for an effective International Arms Trade Treaty.

From: Amnesty International on Thu, Jan 21 2010 2:09 AM

Amnesty International has expressed concern that the Nicaraguan SupremeCourt continues to delay its judgment on the legality of new criminallaws on abortion which entered into force in 2008.

From: Amnesty International on Thu, Jan 21 2010 2:08 AM

Scores of Nigerians lost their homes on Friday morning when Riversstate authorities began bulldozing buildings in Port Harcourt, AmnestyInternational has learned.

From: Amnesty International on Thu, Jan 21 2010 2:06 AM

From: Amnesty International on Thu, Jan 21 2010 2:04 AM

One year on, no one has been held accountable for the war crimes and other grave violations of international law reported by a UN Fact Finding Mission.

From: Amnesty International on Thu, Jan 21 2010 2:04 AM

A new Amnesty International report urges the authorities to properly prosecute violence against women and not to dismiss it as a 'private family matter'.

From: Amnesty International on Thu, Jan 21 2010 2:02 AM

Amnesty International called on the UN to put in placemeasures for the protection of human rights and the most vulnerableamong the survivors of devastating earthquake.