By Tendai Maphosa London 23 May 2007 Human rights watchdog Amnesty International launched its annual report for 2007 in London. The group says the 12 months covered again show gross human rights abuses on the African continent. Tendai Maphosa has mor...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 09 May 2007 The human rights organization, Amnesty International, has presented an appeal from 147 countries to the United Nations to maintain an independent and effective system of human rights experts. A petition signed by mo...
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 27 April 2007 International rights groups are accusing the Pakistan government of muzzling the country's free press. From Islamabad, VOA correspondent Benjamin Sand reports the government is under fire for a series of alleg...
By Kari Barber Dakar 24 April 2007 Human-rights groups are calling for an investigation into the Guinea government's use of force that left more than 100 dead following nationwide, union-led strikes and protests in January and February. Kari Barber r...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 30 March 2007 The U.N. Human Rights Council has unanimously adopted a resolution Friday expressing concern over the situation in Darfur, but it fails to condemn Sudan for its actions. Lisa Schlein reports for VOA from U.N. Euro...
By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 29 March 2007 Human rights organizations are warning that the violence in Zimbabwe could spiral out of control and are calling for Southern African leaders to take action if the Zimbabwe government fails to halt the brutali...
By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 27 March 2007 In the Democratic Republic of Congo, human-rights organizations say they are not reassured by President Joseph Kabila's statement that the military action that left dozens dead last week was necessary to maintain...
By Noel King Khartoum 22 March 2007 The human rights group Amnesty International says two women have been sentenced to death, by stoning, in Sudan for committing adultery. The sentence has raised questions about Sudan's penal code, based on Islamic S...
By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 21 March 2007 Most nations subscribe to shared concepts of human rights, such as the right to free speech and free practice of religion, and the right to shape the decisions of government. But as Mike O'Sullivan report...
By David Gollust State Department 06 March 2007 The head of the New York-based group Human Rights Watch says detention-without-trial and other practices in the war on terrorism have undermined U.S. credibility on human-rights issues. Human Rights Wat...