Amnesty: Watchdog needed for Israel
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Amnesty International marked 40 years since the outbreak of the 1967 Middle East war with a call for Israel to dismantle West Bank settlements and roadblocks, for the Palestinians to end attacks on Israeli civilians and for the international community to monitor both sides.
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Amnesty International demanded the US on Wednesday to set up an independent probe of prisonersâ abuses in Afghanistan, Guantanamo and at Abu Ghraib detention facility in Iraq.
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As Israel marked the 12th anniversary of the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin on Tuesday, his killer is at the center of an emotional debate. Should Yigal Amir be allowed to attend the circumcision of his son Â or even be pardoned altogether?
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Â· Dershowitz says Israel petition is immoral Â· Top lawyer accuses union of double standards
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Israel is willing to consider the possibility of letting a third party take over security at Gaza Strip naval and aerial ports after the disengagement plan is carried out, Nigel Roberts, the World Bank&#39;s country director for the West Bank and Gaza Strip
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JOHANNESBURG - A leading international research group has urged southern African leaders to offer President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe and his closest allies amnesty from prosecution in exchange for political reforms that might end years of misrule.
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Amnesty International again criticized Israeli and Hezbollah forces' handling of the 34-day war in southern Lebanon, saying both sides committed war crimes by attacking civilians and singling out Israel for its use of cluster bombs.
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Amnesty International calls on the Royal Bank of Scotland to monitor its investment in China more closely.
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The United Nations new human rights watchdog agreed on Monday rules for working that oblige all states -- even members of the Security Council -- to submit to periodic scrutiny of their records.
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Help stop genocide Amnesty International is asking web surfers to get involved in monitoring genocide in Darfur by checking images of villages taken by satellite cameras.â¦
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Three weeks after a cease-fire ended Israel's monthlong war against Hezbollah guerrillas, Israel is increasingly concerned that government officials and army officers traveling abroad could face war crimes charges, a Foreign Ministry official said Monday.
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Israel is guilty of severe human rights violations in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, including âwanton destructionâ of houses and infrastructure, according to a new United Nations report.
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Knesset Law Committee chairman Michael Eitan has suggested that each new Knesset pass a law at the beginning of its term determining what minimum level of social benefits the state owes its citizens.
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Anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela   will be awarded Amnesty International's "Ambassador of   Conscience" award, the highest honor given by the global human   rights watchdog, Amnesty said on Tuesday.
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Israeli cable technician Elram Weitzman thinks the Palestinians deserve a state of their own. But he doesn't spend too much time thinking about it.
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JOHANNESBURG, Sept. 18 -- A leading international research group urged southern African leaders Tuesday to offer Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and his closest allies amnesty from prosecution in exchange for political reforms that might end years of misrule.
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Hoping to avoid sanctions, Israel's  attorney general wants Israel to consider applying to  Palestinians the Fourth Geneva Convention safeguarding the  treatment of occupied people, a spokesman said Tuesday.