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IRAQ: The fate of 106 religious clerics and students still unknown after ten years

"Ten years have passed since these people "disappeared" and the obligation remains on the government to clarify their fate" said Amnesty International today. "So far, there has been no evidence that...

SOMALIA: Still no end to human rights violations?

'Taking humanitarian workers hostage is an appalling abuse of human rights. Such actions contribute nothing to the restoration of peace and security in Somalia. This abduction is only one more brutal...

RUSSIAN FEDERATION - CHECHNYA: Only an international investigation will end impunity. The UN Commission on Human Rights must act now

The organization is urging the Commission to establish without delay an international investigation into violations of human rights and humanitarian law in Chechnya as the only effective answer to...

USA: Pepper spray used repeatedly on Native American Children's rights. Amnesty International calls for investigation

The organization is concerned that staff at the Pine Hills School Youth Correctional Facility frequently used the painful - and potentially dangerous - chemical spray, Oleoresin Capsicum (OC), to...

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: Government must end the torture and killing of opponents.

In, 'Deadly Conspiracies', a new report published today on the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Amnesty International said over 100 people from the Kivu region of eastern DRC are currently held...

AUSTRALIA: Picking and choosing human rights standards

Adoption of the controversial law would mean that Australians could not use international human rights standards - which Australia has signed up to - when complaining about violations of rights in...

ARGENTINA: No Full Stop in the Quest for Justice

'Judge Cavallo's decision opens the way for judicial proceedings in thousands of cases concerning victims of 'disappearance' , torture and extrajudicial execution committed during the time of the...

ARGENTINA : Putting a full stop to 25 years of impunity

'This anniversary, weighed down as it is by the terrible legacy of that period, is yet one more reminder that the Argentinian Government urgently needs to take concrete measures to denote that a new...

AFGHANISTAN: Massacre in Yakaolang

According to eyewitness accounts, Taleban forces began to arrest and execute Hazara people over several days after recapturing Yakaolang district from Hezb-e Wahdat armed forces on 7 January...

TOGO: Time to turn principles into practice

As the report of the joint UN - OAU Commission of Inquiry for Togo (COI) is about to be discussed at its 57th session, the UN Commission on Human Rights must ensure a full and prompt implementation of...