Human Rights | Human Rights Reports

2010-03-09: Headlines

• Amnesty USA: News Releases: Egypt releases blogger facing trial by military court 2010-03-09

  Ahmed Mostafa was facing jail after he after he published a post alleging nepotism within the armed forces.

• Amnesty USA: News Releases: Slovakia plans to remove Romani children from their families 2010-03-09

  Prime Minister Robert Fico has announced a proposal to take the children from the settlements where they live and place them in boarding schools.

2010-03-08: Headlines

• Amnesty USA: News Releases: Cambodia's government must protect victims of sexual violence as reports of rape increase 2010-03-08

  Survivors of rape in Cambodia face limited access to justice, medical services and counselling, Amnesty International said in a report issued today, as rapes of women and girls appear to be increasing

• Amnesty USA: News Releases: Rape victims worldwide denied justice and dignity 2010-03-08

  To mark International Women's Day, Amnesty International has released two reports looking at sexual violence in Cambodia and the Nordic Countries.

• Amnesty USA: News Releases: Afghan women human rights defenders tell of intimidation and attacks 2010-03-08

  Women human rights defenders in Afghanistan have told Amnesty International they face intimidation and attacks as they attempt to tackle violence and discrimination in the country.

• Amnesty USA: News Releases: Convictions of abuse during Genoa G8 protests upheld 2010-03-08

  An Italian court has confirmed the convictions of 15 police officers, prison guards and doctors who were found guilty of the ill-treatment of detainees in the Bolzaneto facility in 2001.

• Amnesty USA: News Releases: Timor-Leste President would support international tribunal 2010-03-08

  The President of Timor-Leste has told Amnesty International he would support the establishment of an international criminal tribunal for crimes committed during the 1975-1999 conflict with Indonesia, should the UN Security Council set it up.

• Amnesty USA: News Releases: Slovakia plans to remove Romani children from their families 2010-03-08

  Amnesty International has warned that establishing boarding schools for Romani children "and gradually detach[ing] them from the way of living they currently experience in the settlements" is discriminatory and a blatant attack on the Roma way of living

2010-03-05: Headlines

• Amnesty USA: News Releases: UN forces must remain in the Democratic Republic of Congo 2010-03-05

  As attacks on the civilian population and humanitarian agencies continue, the government has requested that MONUC, the UN peacekeeping mission, withdraws from the country by June 2011.

• Amnesty USA: News Releases: USA: Amnesty International Outraged at President Obama?s Possible Flip Flop on Detainee Trials 2010-03-05

  AI appalled at administration's reported decision to try detainees in military courts after proclaiming they would be tried in federal courts; sends wrong message to friends and foes.

• Amnesty USA: News Releases: Egypt: Amnesty International Urges Egypt to Release Blogger Prosecuted by Military Court 2010-03-05

  Amnesty International today called for the Egyptian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release a blogger and prisoner of conscience facing up to nine and a half years in prison after he published a post alleging nepotism within the armed forces.

• Amnesty USA: News Releases: USA: Amnesty International Will Demonstrate In Support of Mexican Women of Atenco 2010-03-05

  Amnesty International will hold a rally at the Mexican consulate in Washington D.C. to support women in San Salvador Atenco, Mexico, who were brutally beaten and raped in 2006 after being taken into custody when police officers responded to a protest staged by a peasant organization.

• Amnesty USA: News Releases: Egypt urged to release blogger prosecuted by military court 2010-03-05

  Amnesty International has called for the Egyptian authorities to release a blogger and prisoner of conscience who published a post alleging nepotism within the armed forces.

• Amnesty USA: News Releases: Daily injustice, immeasurable damage 2010-03-05

2010-03-04: Headlines

• Amnesty USA: News Releases: Iran urged to release journalist jailed for political activism 2010-03-04

  Hengameh Shahidi began a six-year sentence last week, for charges relating to her political work in the wake of last year's disputed presidential election.