Over 200,000 Nigerians at risk of losing their homes
The Nigerian authorities must suspend a series of planned demolitions and evictions in waterfront areas of Port Harcourt that will leave over 200,000 people at risk of homelessness.
USA must investigate detainee abuse claims in Wikileaks files
Amnesty International calls on the USA to investigate how much US officials knew about the torture of detainees held by Iraqi security forces after new evidence emerged in files released by the Wikileaks organization.
Zimbabwe court drops charges against diamond fields activist
Farai Maguwu was charged with “publishing or communicating false information prejudicial to the state” after he reportedly told a diamond trade monitor about abuses carried out in Marange.
Pakistan: Investigate murder and torture of Baloch activists
The Pakistani government must investigate the torture and killings of more than 40 Baloch leaders and political activists over the past four months, Amnesty International said today.
Investigation needed into attack on members of Mexican indigenous community
Amnesty International has urged the Mexican authorities to investigate a deadly attack on members of an Indigenous Triqui community by an armed group with alleged links to the authorities.
Guinea security forces used ‘excessive force’ in election protests
Guinean authorities must investigate reports that police used excessive force to quell election protests, leaving one person dead, about 60 injured and more than 100 detained.
USA must address Omar Khadr rights violations following plea deal
Amnesty International today called on the US authorities to address any human rights violations committed against Canadian national Omar Khadr, in spite if him pleading guilty to the charges against him at a military commission at the Guantánamo Bay detention centre
