On 20 November 2008 the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly adopted by a large majority a second draft resolution (A/C.3/63/L.19/Rev.1) on moratorium on executions. The increased support for this resolution is yet further evidence of the worldwide

Facing a humanitarian emergency, severe hardships and political turmoil, Haiti is also gripped by shocking levels of sexual violence against girls, according to a new report by Amnesty International, which shows more than half of all rape victims in Haiti

To mark World AIDS Day on Monday, 1 December 2008, Amnesty International has welcomed signs of the South African government's change of direction in response to the country?s HIV epidemic.

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.

London - Amnesty International expresses its deep concern at reports that two police officers from the Catalan autonomous police force (Mossos d'esquadra) were promoted while under criminal investigation for torture and assault

This document contains suggested recommendations to be made during the interactive dialogue in the UPR Working Group with Liechtenstein.

The death toll following 60 hours of siege in Mumbai has officially been put at 195 in various attacks.

Irene Khan, Amnesty International writes about the links between violence against women and poverty to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.

John Humphrey changed the face of Human Rights for the world when he drafted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

THE strike by provincial magistrates in Harare and Chitungwiza in protest over what they describe as discrepancies in the allocation of cars and other undisclosed grievances yesterday entered the fifth day.

THE High Court has barred Chief Nembire of Mt Darwin from evicting and dispossessing land belonging to members of the Johane Masowe weChishanu Apostolic sect in his chiefdom.

THE National Lotteries Board yesterday won another battle against operators who conduct unlawful lotteries when the Supreme Court of Appeal upheld the board's appeal to declare popular TV competition WiniKhaya unlawful.

On 27 November 2008, the government of Nigeria arraigned the publisher of the Abuja-based privately owned "Leadership" daily newspaper, Sam Ndah Isaiah, and three other editorial staff, daily editor Abdulrazak Bello Barkindo, Sunday editor Lara Olugbemi and ex-associate editor Simon

The United Nations envoy tasked with helping to resolve the conflict behind the recent fighting that has engulfed the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has completed his second round of consultations with leaders in the African

On 26 November 2008, the Zambia Police dropped charges against Radio Icengelo's station manager, Fr. Frank Bwalya, citing security reasons. Bwalya was due to appear at the Kitwe magistrate court on 27 November to answer charges of broadcasting information intended

THE Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) has ordered the Government to pay the family of Pallison Bagenyi sh25m.

On 25 November 2008, the newly appointed Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Lieutenant General Ronnie Shikapwasha, said the government had no choice but to regulate the media through statutory means because the press had failed to self regulate.

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