European governments must act on human rights 20 years after the Berlin Wall Channel: Amnesty International Length: 0 Date: January 21, 2010 On the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Amnesty International has called for urgent action to tackle abuses against migrants, asylum se...

Demolition set to leave hundreds homeless in Nigeria Channel: Amnesty International Length: 0 Date: January 21, 2010 Hundreds of people have been forced from their homes to make way for acommercial development in Rivers State, Nigeria, Amnesty Internationalhas le...

Counting the human cost of Sri Lanka’s conflict Channel: Amnesty International Length: 0 Date: January 21, 2010 The Government of Sri Lanka announced a plan on 23 May to resettle most civilians displaced by conflict by the end of the year.

VIDEO: Maternal mortality in Sierra Leone Channel: Amnesty International Length: 0 Date: January 21, 2010 A woman faces a higher risk of dying in child birth in Sierra Leone than almost anywhere in the world.

Australian government must end state-sponsored racially discriminatory measures Channel: Amnesty International Length: 0 Date: January 21, 2010 Amnesty International’s Secretary General Irene Khan has warned the Australian government not to squander a uniqueopportunity to right historic wro...

Forced eviction in Ghana Channel: Amnesty International Length: 0 Date: January 21, 2010 Short film about the Fadama slum in Accra, Ghana.

Three killed as Nigerian security forces fire at demonstrators Channel: Amnesty International Length: 0 Date: January 21, 2010 Amnesty International has condemned the excessive use of force by someof the members of the Nigerian security forces after three people wereshot de...

Women, violence and poverty - breaking out of the gender trap Channel: Amnesty International Length: 0 Date: January 21, 2010

Nigerian police 'kill at will' Channel: Amnesty International Length: 0 Date: January 21, 2010 Amnesty International has exposed the shocking level of unlawful police killings in Nigeria in a new report.

Israel’s Gaza blockade continues to suffocate daily life Channel: Amnesty International Length: 0 Date: January 21, 2010 Israel must end its suffocating blockade of the Gaza Strip, whichleaves more than 1.4 million Palestinians cut off from the outsideworld and strug...

Post-election Iran violations among worst in 20 years Channel: Amnesty International Length: 0 Date: January 21, 2010 New report details abuse before, during and afterthe June election, when authorities deployed the Basij militia andRevolutionary Guards to suppres...

Commonwealth leaders must focus on Sri Lanka crisis Channel: Amnesty International Length: 0 Date: January 21, 2010 Amnesty International has called on Commonwealth leaders to press the Sri Lankan government about the plight of the displaced.

Blog: My life inside a Chinese labor camp Channel: Amnesty International Length: 0 Date: January 21, 2010 Former prisoner of conscience Bu Dongwei spent over two years in aChinese Re-education through Labour (RTL) camp until his release inJuly 2008.

Photo exhibition promotes Arms Trade Treaty at the UN Channel: Amnesty International Length: 0 Date: January 21, 2010 A photo exhibition compiled and staged at the UN by the Control Arms Campaign aims to influence negotiations for an effective International Arms Tr...

Nicaragua’s Constitutional Court must decide on legality of new abortion law Channel: Amnesty International Length: 0 Date: January 21, 2010 Amnesty International has expressed concern that the Nicaraguan SupremeCourt continues to delay its judgment on the legality of new criminallaws on...

Scores made homeless by house demolitions in Nigeria Channel: Amnesty International Length: 0 Date: January 21, 2010 Scores of Nigerians lost their homes on Friday morning when Riversstate authorities began bulldozing buildings in Port Harcourt, AmnestyInternatio...

Amnesty International takes action for Sri Lanka displaced Channel: Amnesty International Length: 0 Date: January 21, 2010

Victims of Gaza and Southern Israel conflict still await justice Channel: Amnesty International Length: 0 Date: January 21, 2010 One year on, no one has been held accountable for the war crimes and other grave violations of international law reported by a UN Fact Finding Mis...

Women face abuse in Tajikistan Channel: Amnesty International Length: 0 Date: January 21, 2010 A new Amnesty International report urges the authorities to properly prosecute violence against women and not to dismiss it as a 'private ...

Protection of human rights must accompany relief efforts in Haiti Channel: Amnesty International Length: 0 Date: January 21, 2010 Amnesty International called on the UN to put in placemeasures for the protection of human rights and the most vulnerableamong the survivors of dev...