The country's security forces have adopted torture as the preferred method of investigation and repression, according to a new Amnesty International report.
The five-day war between Georgia and the Russian Federation has had
serious and lasting consequences for the civilian population caught in
the crossfire.
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.
Amnesty International's new report graphically demonstrates the ongoing suffering of the Zimbabwean
people, as the three main political parties struggle to
form an inclusive government.
While in Mindanao gathering first hand information for a new report, Amnesty International spoke to some of the civilians affected by the recent upsurge in violence in the 40-year conflict.
Authorities try to paint a positive picture despite increasing reports of forced internal displacement, attacks
against social and human rights activists and killings by security
forces.
