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Press releases in 2013

Haiti: Hundreds of families left homeless in new wave of evictions

Nearly 700 families have been forcibly evicted from two make-shift camps by the Haitian authorities in the last two weeks, reported Amnesty International. The families, all victims of the earthquake...

Chad: Justice needed for opposition leader who 'disappeared' five years ago

The continuing mystery over the fate and whereabouts of opposition politician Ibni Oumar Mahamat Saleh who was detained five years ago demonstrates the failure of Chad to deliver justice and end...

Gael Garcia Bernal backs Amnesty's call for an end to impunity

The film star Gael Garcia Bernal has backed Amnesty International’s call for an end to impunity for human rights abuses in South America. Gael García Bernal stars in the Oscar-nominated film ‘No’...

Mali: New briefing reveals evidence of summary killings of civilians

‘Many people are genuinely afraid of being arrested, or worse, by the military’ - Gaëtan Mootoo The Malian army has committed serious human rights abuses and violations of international humanitarian...