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Afghanistan: More US troops must not harm Afghan civilians
Amnesty International has called on the US to establish a consistent, clear and credible mechanism to investigate civilian casualties resulting from military operations after President Barack Obama said he would send 30,000 extra troops to Afghanistan....
Tags: Amnesty, NATO, US, civilians casualties, Taliban insurgency, War in Afghanistan, human rights
Victims of Peru Amazon violence deserve justice without discrimination
The Peruvian authorities must conduct fair and impartial investigations into the deaths of all those killed during violence at a road blockade led by Amazon Indigenous peoples in June, Amnesty International said in a new report. The organisation...
Stock pile of tear gas grenades in Honduras triggers fears of human rights abuses
Amnesty International has learned that the de facto authorities in Honduras have stock piled 10,000 tear gas cans and other crowd control equipment, triggering fears of an increased risk of excessive and disproportionate use of force by security forces...
Tags: Amnesty, human rights abuse, gas grenades
Climate change deal must ensure the poor are not left out and further disadvantaged
Political leaders meeting in Copenhagen next week must reach a fair, ambitious and binding deal on climate change that does not leave out and further disadvantage the world's poor, said Mary Robinson and Irene Khan.Mary Robinson – former President...
Tags: Amnesty, COP15, Climate Change
Guest Columnist: Amnesty's travesty
Jerusalem :: Israel | 13 days ago
Credibility
Daniel Hillel, Rivers of Eden , Oxford University Press, 1994 The above excerpt is sufficient to heap richly-deserved ridicule on the recent Amnesty report claiming that Israel's avaricious water policy has gravely compromised Palestinians' human rights.
Tags: Israeli, million cu, Amnesty, Omar Barghouti, capita consumption, West Bank, Palestinians, amnesty report, Israel, Jerusalem, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Arab-Israeli conflict, Zionism
TIME FOR WORLD LEADERS TO RATIFY DISAPPEARANCES TREATY
Amnesty International has called on world leaders to help prevent enforced disappearances by urging them to ratify a landmark treaty at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).The International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced...
Tags: Amnesty, UNGA, Disappearances Treaty, Human rights abuses, disappeared convention, Counter-terrorism, Amnesty International, Kidnappings, International Coalition against Enforced Disappearances, International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, Forced disappearance, enforced disappeared, Crimes against humanity
Danish government must arrest Sudanese President if he attends climate conference
Amnesty International has learned that the Danish government has invited Sudanese President al Bashir, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur, to attend a meeting in Copenhagen on climate...
Tags: Amnesty, Climate conference, Amnesty International, International response to the War in Darfur, Crime against humanity, War in Darfur, International Criminal Court, War Conflict
Western Sahara's 'Gandhi' begins hunger strike
al-'Ayūn :: Western Sahara | 16 days ago
Credibility Western Sahara's most prominent human rights activist has gone on a hunger strike at an airport in the Canary Islands after being expelled from her home country by Moroccan authorities. Aminatou Haidar, who is viewed by her supporters as the "Sahrawi...
Tags: rights activist, amnesty, Western Sahara, Sahrawis, Aminatou Haidar, Morocco, Moroccan, Polisario Front, hunger strike, al-'Ayūn, Sahrawi people, Independence Intifada, Ali Salem Tamek, Politics
Morocco: Reverse Expulsion of Sahrawi Activist
Morocco must reverse its expulsion of Sahrawi rights activist Aminatou Haidar and allow her to enter her country of nationality, Human Rights Watch said today. Spain must intercede with Morocco to ensure her return, Human Rights Watch added. Morocco...
Tags: Amnesty, Expulsion, CODESA, rights activist
Soldiers convicted for ill-treatment of conscientious objector in Turkey
Amnesty International has welcomed the conviction of three Turkish soldiers for “intentionally wounding” a conscientious objector while he was in military custody.A military court in Istanbul sentenced the soldiers to three months and 10 days'...
Tags: Amnesty, ill-treatment, military court, conscientious objector, Amnesty International&rsquo, military prisoners, soldiers conviction, Conscription
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