Amnesty International
Friday, January 15, 2016 - 07:10
New evidence of deaths in custody and torture suggests that brutal repression is on the rise again in Tunisia five years after the toppling of the previous authoritarian government (on 14 January 2011) by the “Jasmine Revolution”, a move which sparked a wave of uprisings across the Middle East and North Africa.
Friday, December 18, 2015 - 06:43
The UK Government is breaking national, EU and international law and policy by supplying weapons to Saudi Arabia in the context of its military intervention and bombing campaign in Yemen according to an analysis by eminent international law experts commissioned by Amnesty International and Saferworld, both members of the Control Arms coalition.
Wednesday, December 9, 2015 - 06:28
Decades of poorly regulated arms flows into Iraq as well as lax controls on the ground have provided the armed group calling itself Islamic State (IS) with a large and lethal arsenal that is being used to commit war crimes and crimes against humanity on a massive scale in Iraq and Syria, Amnesty International said in a new report today.
Wednesday, August 12, 2015 - 06:05
The rape of a 12-year-old girl and the apparent indiscriminate killings of a 16-year-old boy and his father by UN peacekeeping forces in the Central African Republic must be urgently investigated.
Tuesday, May 5, 2015 - 05:16
Civilians in the city of Aleppo, Syria are being subjected to appalling human rights violations committed by the Syrian government and many armed opposition groups. These violations amount to war crimes and in the case of those committed by the Syrian government, are so systematic and widespread that they constitute crimes against humanity.
Friday, September 19, 2014 - 06:43
Torture and other ill-treatment are absolutely prohibited, at all times, by international human
rights law, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the
Convention against Torture (CAT) – both of which Nigeria is a state party to. Acts of torture
and certain types of other ill-treatment are crimes under international law. The Nigerian
Constitution also prohibits torture and other inhuman or degrading treatment.
Despite the above, Amnesty International found that torture and other ill-treatment are
routine practice in criminal investigations across Nigeria. Suspects in police and military
custody across the country are subjected to torture as punishment or to extract ‘confessions’
as a shortcut to “solve” cases – particularly armed robbery and murder.
Monday, July 7, 2014 - 07:52
A surge in arbitrary arrests, detentions and harrowing incidents of torture and deaths in police custody recorded by Amnesty International provide strong evidence of the sharp deterioration in human rights in Egypt in the year since President Mohamed Morsi was ousted.
Friday, June 20, 2014 - 07:13
Amnesty International urged Security Council members to act more decisively to protect civilians and prevent millions more people being driven away from their homes.
Wednesday, June 4, 2014 - 12:44
Rapid progress has been made in the year since the global Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) opened for signature at the United Nations in New York, and a surge of further ratifications will soon activate the treaty this year, helping to save millions of lives and protect human rights, Amnesty International said as it marks the anniversary of the treaty signing on 3 June.
Thursday, May 15, 2014 - 10:07
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) people in Uganda have reported a surge in human rights violations since the passage of the Anti-Homosexuality Act on December 20, 2013, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International said today.