Central African Republic – Bar Amnesty for Atrocity Crimes
Bangui — A general amnesty as part of the political dialogue in the Central African Republic would be incompatible with the government’s duty to bring those responsible for grave international crimes to justice and with victims’ rights to accountability, five Central African and international human rights organizations said today. The groups are Amnesty International, Human […]
“Bigger, bolder and more inclusive”: Kumi Naidoo sets out his vision for human rights
Amnesty’s first ever South African Secretary General sets out his vision for the direction of the world’s largest human rights organisation as he starts his tenure visiting Johannesburg Our world is facing complex problems that can only be tackled if we break away from old ideas that human rights are about some forms of injustice […]
New Amnesty International leader’s 1st move targets Zimbabwe
Amnesty International’s new leader said Wednesday his first act is writing to Zimbabwe’s next president about the disappearance of activist Itai Dzamara: “Whoever leads the new government must move to undo the injustices of the past.” Kumi Naidoo, a South African-born former anti-apartheid activist, took office as secretary general of the London-based rights group on […]
We Were Actually Raped and Forced to Deny It By Soldiers – IDP Victims
The Internally Displaced Persons in Borno have said that the statements made by the Amnesty International on rape, abuse and violation of women’s right in camps were true. This was contained in statement issued via tweeter on Monday by a group called Knifar, a movement of displaced women from northeast Nigeria, who campaign for justice. […]
Nigerian soldiers ‘rescued’ women, then starved and raped them, Amnesty International says
As the Nigerian military reclaimed territory from Boko Haram extremists, troops also opened fire on civilians, forcibly separated them from their families and burned down their homes, according to a report released by Amnesty International on Wednesday. Soldiers and members of a militia working alongside the military also raped women and starved civilians, the human […]
United States army ‘lost track of $1 billion worth of arms’
The US army has failed to monitor over $1bn worth of arms and other military equipment transfers to Kuwait and Iraq, Amnesty International says in a report citing a 2016 US government audit. The now-declassified document by the US Department of Defence (DoD) audit, was obtained by the rights group following Freedom of Information requests. […]
Amnesty International affirms urgency of human rights monitoring in Western Sahara
The non-governmental human rights organization Amnesty International called, Tuesday, the United Nation to “urgently” monitor human rights in Western Sahara in order to put an end to the” violations and impunity” of which the Sahrawi people is victim under the Moroccan occupation. The NGO considers “urgent to prioritize human rights monitoring and to include in […]
Amnesty International Under Fire As More Groups Demand Expulsion
More groups have thrown their weight behind recent calls for the sack of Amnesty International from the country owing to its claimed disreputable role in the current fight against Boko Haram in the North Eastern Nigeria. This is even as leading human rights group, Save Africa and Restoration Agenda (SARA) has commended protesters who came […]
Shiite IMN Similar to Boko Haram, Biafra Agitation ‘Unacceptable,’ Nigerian Govt Says
The Nigerian government has formally declared the Shiite Islamic Movement of Nigeria, IMN, a security threat and compared it to the Boko Haram whose insurgency has caused the death of about 100,000 people since 2009. The government stated this in its formal rejection of the 2015/2016 annual report of Amnesty International, AI, which accused the […]
Missing Zimbabwean Activist Itai Dzamara to be Remembered in Documentary
The life of missing Zimbabwean activist Itai Dzamara is set to be told in a documentary film to be released on the eve of the second anniversary of his disappearance. Itai went missing on March 9, 2015, after bravely staging lone protests calling on President Robert Mugabe to step down in central Harare’s Africa Unity […]
