The Central African Republic is gripped by a human rights and humanitarian crisis of historic proportions. By failing to respond more robustly and urgently, the international community has shown a callous disregard for the country’s embattled civilians, abandoning them in their moment of need
01/04/2014 – At today’s European Union (EU)-Africa Summit in Brussels, Belgium, Amnesty International calls on African and EU decision-makers to ensure that human rights underpin all discussions and decisions on all the issues on the agenda aimed at “Investing in People, Prosperity and Peace.”
A group of artisanal miners sift through ores found in a stream close to Congo International Mining Corporation (CIMCO)’s plant in Luisha. © Amnesty International
© Amnesty International
08/04/2013 – South African law enforcement officials are increasingly violating the right to life and the right not to be subjected to torture in the context of the “war against crime” and in the policing of protests over socio-economic conditions.
21/02/2013 – Violence in the aftermath of the 2007 Kenyan elections, which claimed 1,300 lives, shows how vital it is for the Kenyan police to be properly prepared ahead of the polls in March.
08/02/2013 – Amnesty International has released a new report, Cameroon: Make human rights a reality, which documents human rights violations by the Cameroonian authorities that are allowed to take place with impunity.