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Injustice fuels Sri Lanka’s cycle of abuse and impunity Channel: Amnesty International Length: 0 Date: January 21, 2010 Amnesty International has accused the Sri Lankan government of trapping the country in a vicious cycle of abuse and impunity.

Civilian casualties rising in Sri Lanka conflict Channel: Amnesty International Length: 0 Date: January 21, 2010 More than 4,500 civilians are believed to have died in the fightingaccording to UN estimates in north eastern region in Sri Lanka.

Nairobi slum-dwellers march for better conditions and basic human rights Channel: Amnesty International Length: 0 Date: January 21, 2010 Secretary General Irene Khan led the marchers who came from informal settlements all over Kenya’s capital - a city where over half the population l...

Nepal’s government fails to protect women human rights activists Channel: Amnesty International Length: 0 Date: January 21, 2010 A year into its rule, the Maoist government has failed to live up to its commitments to improving women’s human rights, including protecting women...

Mixed messages from President Obama after 100 days Channel: Amnesty International Length: 0 Date: January 21, 2010 100 days after taking office, President Obama’s record in terms of US counter terrorism policies has been assessed in a new Amnesty International ...

Amnesty International’s Secretary General Irene Khan asks Zimbabwe's PM to prioritize human rights Channel: Amnesty International Length: 0 Date: January 21, 2010 Zimbabwe’s Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai told AmnestyInternational's chief Irene Khan that the direction for reform had beenset and com...

Kenyan government must act urgently to end impunity and bring about essential reforms Channel: Amnesty International Length: 0 Date: January 21, 2010 As Amnesty International ends its high-level mission to Kenya, Secretary General Irene Khan urges the government to tackle impunity for human righ...

Police abuse goes unchecked in France Channel: Amnesty International Length: 0 Date: January 21, 2010 French police have been accused of committing gross human rightsviolations – often against ethnic minorities – for which they areseldom brought to ...

Amnesty International chief challenges Zimbabwe Prime Minister to implement human rights reforms Channel: Amnesty International Length: 0 Date: January 21, 2010 Secretary General Irene Khan expressed her concern at the continuing human rights violations in Zimbabwe, when she met with the country’s Prime Mi...

Further US torture revelations highlight need for independent commission of inquiry Channel: Amnesty International Length: 0 Date: January 21, 2010 Condoleezza Rice approved the use of “water-boarding” in 2002 accordingto information released on Wednesday by the US Senate Select Committeeon Int...

Amnesty International begins visit to Kenya with the marginalised Channel: Amnesty International Length: 0 Date: January 21, 2010 Amnesty International’s Secretary General kicked off her first highlevel mission in Kenya with visits to two informal settlements inNairobi – a cit...

Civilian casualties continue to mount in Sri Lanka Channel: Amnesty International Length: 0 Date: January 21, 2010 The United Nations (UN) now estimates that more than 6,500 civilianshave died and 13000 injured in the fighting in the north eastern regionof Sri L...

Death in custody in France highlights police abuse accusations Channel: Amnesty International Length: 0 Date: January 21, 2010 The death follows the publication of an AmnestyInternational report detailing human rights violations committed byFrench police officers.

Cambodian security forces forcibly evict 60 low-income families Channel: Amnesty International Length: 0 Date: January 21, 2010 The families dismantled their homes after three years of government harassment and intimidation, with no choice but to accept inadequate compensat...

Empowering the world’s poor Channel: Amnesty International Length: 0 Date: January 21, 2010 A new Amnesty International campaign will empower "prisoners of poverty" as previouscampaigns empowered prisoners of conscience.

Remembering the world’s disappeared in 2009 Channel: Amnesty International Length: 0 Date: January 21, 2010 All around the world, families wait to find out what happened to those loved ones who have been taken away from them by agents of the state or by ...

Thousands unite to end maternal mortality in Sierra Leone Channel: Amnesty International Length: 0 Date: January 21, 2010 Over 4,000 people gathered in Freetown, Sierra Leone, on Tuesday toattend the launch of Amnesty International’s campaign to end maternalmortality ...

Governments sign up to defend economic, social and cultural rights Channel: Amnesty International Length: 0 Date: January 21, 2010 Twenty states began signing an international agreement to addressviolations of economic, social and cultural rights at the UnitedNations in New Yo...

Forced eviction in Nigeria Channel: Amnesty International Length: 0 Date: January 21, 2010 Short film about forced eviction in the Ngofaka-polo Waterfront community Port Harcourt, Nigeria.

World Habitat Day: Governments in Africa must end forced evictions Channel: Amnesty International Length: 0 Date: January 21, 2010 Governments in Africa must end the practice of forced evictions thatleave hundreds of thousands homeless every year, Amnesty Internationalsaid on ...

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