Afghanistan war crime amnesty denounced
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A group of lawmakers on Monday denounced a nonbinding resolution passed by Afghanistan's lower house of parliament calling for amnesty for warlords and other Afghans accused of war crimes during a quarter-century of fighting.
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A human rights group said it had evidence of two previously unreported deaths of Afghan prisoners in US custody in Afghanistan and accused Washington of covering up abuse of detainees.
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KABUL, June 23 -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai chastised U.S. and NATO-led troops Saturday for their "careless operations" and accused them of killing more than 90 civilians in the past 10 days, as fresh reports emerged of more noncombatant deaths.
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An Amnesty International report criticises the US over its treatment of prisoners during the war on terror.
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KABUL , Afghanistan -- The country's lower house of Parliament voted into law yesterday a revised resolution calling for an amnesty for groups suspected of perpetrating war crimes during a quarter-century of fighting, but also recognized the rights of victims to seek justice.
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Powerful governments and armed groups are spreading fear to divert attention from human rights abuses, exacerbating polarization in an increasingly dangerous world, Amnesty International said yesterday in its annual assessment of rights worldwide.
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The United Nations top human rights official on Tuesday denounced the killing of civilians and injured people in Fallujah, saying violators of international humanitarian law must be brought to justice.
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The human rights group Amnesty International has issued a new report blaming the US administration for fostering what the group calls a &quot;war mentality&quot; that led to the torture of prisoners as well as other violations of the Geneva Conventions.
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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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The militant Shiite group Hezbollah committed war crimes in its deliberate targeting of civilians in the recent conflict with Israel, Amnesty International said in a report.
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A U.N. human rights expert criticized the U.S.-led coalition forces in Afghanistan for violating international law by allegedly beating Afghans to death and forcing some to remove their clothes or wear hoods.
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A human rights group said it had evidence of two previously unreported deaths of Afghan prisoners in US custody in Afghanistan, and accused Washington of covering up abuse of detainees.
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KABUL, March 10 -- Afghan lawmakers on Saturday overwhelmingly passed a bill granting limited amnesty to suspected war criminals after President Hamid Karzai inserted measures that he said would allow victims from three decades of conflict to seek justice.
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Amnesty International said in a report released Tuesday that the relentless pursuit of security by the world&#039;s powerful nations had undermined human rights, draining energy and attention from crises afflicting the poor and underprivileged.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghanistan's top human rights official urged the country to confront the horrors of its past, saying yesterday that war crimes dating back more than 20 years should be prosecuted and rights abusers should be purged from public office.
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Amnesty International accuses Hezbollah of war crimes for targeting Israeli civilians in the recent conflict.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Monday condemned the deaths of 10 civilians shot by U.S. troops after an attack on their convoy over the weekend in the eastern city of Jalalabad.