Amnesty: Rapes in War Zones Not Punished
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Women and girls in war zones suffer rape and violent abuse while offenders escape punishment, Amnesty International said a report released Wednesday.
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A convicted rapist claims his human rights have been breached because he has not been granted early release.
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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah has pardoned a female rape victim who had been sentenced to 200 lashes for being alone with a man at the time of the attack who was not related to her, a Saudi newspaper reported Monday.
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Zimbabwean police are still beating and torturing human rights activists and opponents of the government despite mediation efforts launched by fellow African nations, Amnesty International said Friday.
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Women in Darfur continue to be subjected to rape by all sides in the brutal conflict in western Sudanese region, the U.N. human rights chief said Thursday &#151; International Women's Day.
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The United States has failed to guard  against torture and inhuman behavior since launching its "war  on terror" after Sept. 11, 2001, Amnesty International said  Wednesday in a report just days before the U.S. election.
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BOGOTA, Colombia  - Colombia's government is   leaving human rights workers vulnerable to attacks by armed   groups by discrediting their work and failing to arrest those   responsible for assaults on them, Amnesty International said in   a report released on Thursday.
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Parliament has voted for an amnesty for leaders accused of war crimes during a quarter-century of fighting, arguing that it would help heal the deep divisions in Afghanistan.
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Australian accused of fighting for Taliban tells panel he is not guilty of war crimes. GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba -- A military review panel at the US Navy base in Cuba heard the cases Wednesday of two
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No one has designated those held at Guant&#225;namo Bay 'unlawful' combatants. Does it matter?
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By Madeline Baro Diaz, Jerome Burdi, Jennifer Gollan and Juan Ortega, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Jun. 3--The message was clear: No child molesters allowed.   The 2005 rape and murder of a 9-year-old Central Florida girl at the hands of a convicted sex offender shocked the nation.
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Burma's military government is accused of sanctioning the use of rape as a weapon against opponents.
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Sudan must overhaul its legal system to stop mass rape in the war-torn Darfur region, a report says.
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More than 200 women have been raped in a refugee camp in Darfur in the past five weeks, a sign of the worsening humanitarian crisis in the violence-wracked Sudanese region, an aid group said Wednesday.
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The United States has manifestly failed  to uphold obligations to reject torture and cruel, inhuman or  degrading behavior in the "war on terror" launched after Sept.  11, 2001, Amnesty International said Wednesday.
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Fighters sexually assaulted some two  thirds of Liberia's population during more than a decade of war  and have not been punished more than a year after the conflict  ended, Amnesty International said on Tuesday.
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PETALING JAYA: Amnesty International has condemned armed political groups in Sudan for violating international humanitarian laws. Criticising the Sudanese government for being slow in resolving