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Georgia: Amnesty International Satellite Images Reveal Damage to South Ossetian Villages After ...
Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) released today a damage assessment of 24 villages around the South Ossetian capital of Tskhinvali. It reveals that 424 structures--including homes and offices--sustained additional damage after the end of large-scale hostilities in South Ossetia on August 10, 2008. AIUSA and AAAS obtained the images from August 10 and August 19 through commercially available satellite imaging. The assessment is based on a comparative analysis of the two images.
Amnesty International's Secretary General salutes Martti Ahtisaari as Nobel Peace Laureate, ...
Amnesty International today paid tribute to Martti Ahtisaari, the winner of this year's Nobel Peace Prize, recognized for his important work around the world in conflict resolution in places where grave human rights abuses were taking place
USA: Amnesty International Thrilled by Constitutional Victory in the Uigher Detainees? Case ...
Larry Cox, executive director of Amnesty International USA, issued the following statement in response to the decision by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to allow the 17 remaining Uighur Guantanamo detainees to be released into the United States while their habeas corpus cases are decided. All these men were ruled to be non-enemy combatants by the U.S. Department of Defense:
Georgia: Amnesty International Urges Accountability in Georgia-Russia Conflict (Amnesty ...
As European Union monitors take up their posts in Georgia, there are ongoing security concerns, unexploded ordnance from the August Georgia-Russia conflict and the large-scale destruction of property. These factors are undermining the right of tens of thousands of people to return to their homes.
Democratic Republic of Congo: Amnesty International Reports Resurgence in Rape and Recruitment ...
In a new report on the ongoing conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Amnesty International reports that for every two children who are released, five are taken and forced to be child soldiers.
Pakistan/Afghanistan: Thousands of displaced civilians in border area have right to ...
Tens of thousands of civilians require immediate international humanitarian assistance as a result of escalating fighting on both sides of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border since the beginning of August, Amnesty International said today.
Human rights violations in cities around the world (Amnesty International USA: Most Recent ...
As World Habitat Day focuses on the state of the housing rights situation across the globe, here are case studies from cities in Cambodia, Brazil, Italy, Israel and Angola.
Prominent Egyptian editor pardoned (Amnesty International USA: Most Recent English News Releases)
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has pardoned Ibrahim Eissa, who was charged with publishing information considered "damaging to the public interest and Egypt's national stability."
No truth, no justice 40 years after Mexico City massacre (Amnesty International USA: Most ...
Forty years ago, the Mexican army opened fire on students peacefully demonstrating in Tlatelolco, Mexico City, on 2 October 1968.
UNHCR urges donors not to cut aid as recession looms (ReliefWeb - Headlines)
Date: 11 Oct 2008
Source: Reuters
UN emergency relief fund largely successful, Secretary-General reports (ReliefWeb - Headlines)
Date: 10 Oct 2008
Source: UN News Service
Sierra Leone: Government tightens control of NGOs (ReliefWeb - Headlines)
Date: 10 Oct 2008
Source: Integrated Regional Information Networks
Russia: Strong quake kills at least 13 in Chechnya (ReliefWeb - Headlines)
Date: 12 Oct 2008
Source: Agence France-Presse
RD Congo/Rwanda : Ban Ki-moon s'inquiète de la situation à la frontière (ReliefWeb - Headlines)
Date: 10 Oct 2008
Source: UN News Service
Mexico: Hurricane Norbert picks up strength off Baja California (ReliefWeb - Headlines)
Date: 10 Oct 2008
Source: Agence France-Presse
Kyrgyzstan: As cold weather nears, UNICEF and partners shelter earthquake survivors (ReliefWeb ...
Date: 11 Oct 2008
Source: UN Children's Fund
Armed groups and government forces continue to abuse women and children in North Kivu (Amnesty ...
Child soldiers are still being recruited to fight in the ongoing war in the Democratic Republic of Congo. There is also continuing physical and sexual abuse of women and children in the conflict.
Concern about rising numbers of people displaced by LRA (ReliefWeb - Headlines)
Date: 11 Oct 2008
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs