UN Security Council urged to demand that Israel, Hamas and Palestinian armed
groups observe an immediate truce to allow desperately needed
humanitarian assistance to the civilian population.
Amnesty International said today that both Israeli soldiers and Palestinian fighters are endangering the lives of Palestinian civilians – including by using them as human shields.
Amnesty International today urged the UN Security Council to take firm and decisive action to address the increasingly grave situation in the Gaza Strip and southern Israel.
A former senior defence official was convicted on Thursday of
instigating Rwanda's 1994 genocide and committing crimes against
humanity and war crimes.
Those who executed and planned the massacre of 250 people in Dos Erres have never been convicted. The case has been paralysed by constant appeals, and shows no signs of progress.
Journalists in Croatia are being violently targeted for trying to
expose the truth about war crimes and corruption, while the country's
leaders fail to protect them.
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.
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.
