Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch release a joint statement, after both were verbally attacked by President
Uribe, for issuing reports in October criticizing his government.
Around 100 soldiers, police, military police and Forestry
Administration officials took part. Members of the mixed force beat and kicked many of the villagers.
The humanitarian crisis in the Wanni region of north Sri Lanka is worsening as tens of thousands of families endure the monsoon season with limited food, shelter, water or sanitation.
The five-day war between Georgia and the Russian Federation has had
serious and lasting consequences for the civilian population caught in
the crossfire.
Over forty organizations active in Africa warn that the situation in the eastern DRC is at risk of turning into a
humanitarian catastrophe, as the civilian death toll continues to rise.
Widespread human rights violations were committed during northern Uganda's 20-year conflict between the Government of Uganda's armed forces and the Lord's Resistance Army.
At least 40 humanitarian and human rights workers have been killed so far this year, forcing aid organizations to suspend their programmes and withdraw staff.
