This document considers cases of serious crimes under international human rights and humanitarian law committed in Darfur and elsewhere in Sudan, for which there has so far been no accountability. Amnesty International hopes that by reminding the world about the massive crimes that have repeatedly taken place in Sudan for more than two decades, it … Continue reading Sudan: who will answer for the crimes?
This document outlines the human rights violations in Darfur, particularly relating to civilians and refugees, and to the possiblility of a forced displacement programme.
Includes concerns regarding forcible displacement
Women in Myanmar have been subjected to a wide range of human rights violations, including political imprisonment, torture and rape, forced labour, and forcible relocation, all at the hands of the military authorities. At the same time women have played an active role in the political and economic life of the country. It is the … Continue reading Myanmar: unsung heroines: the women of Myanmar
In February 2000, following growing international condemnation of the regroupment policy, the Burundian government announced it would progressively close the camps in Rural Bujumbura. The closure program was slow to start but took on momentum in early June. In the following days three camps were cleared by the Burundian security forces within a matter of … Continue reading Burundi: medical letter writing action: conditions in regroupment (forced relocation) camps: update no.1
Civilians in the central Shan State are suffering the enormous consequences of internal armed conflict, as fighting between the tatmadaw, or Myanmar army, and the Shan State Army-South (SSA-South) continues. The vast majority of affected people are rice farmers who have been deprived of their lands and their livelihoods as a result of the State … Continue reading Myanmar: exodus from the Shan State
On the occasion of the 25th ordinary session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the African Commission), to be held from 26 April to 5 May 1999 in Burundi, Amnesty International wishes to bring to the African Commission’s attention some of its current human rights concerns in Burundi. The organization appeals to … Continue reading Burundi: memorandum to the African Commission on human and peoples’ rights
In February 1999 Amnesty International interviewed recently-arrived Shan refugees in Thailand in order to obtain an update on the human rights situation in the central Shan State. The pattern of violations has remained the same, including forced labour and portering, extrajudicial killings, and ill-treatment of villagers. Troops also routinely stole villagers’ rice supplies, cattle, and … Continue reading Myanmar: update on the Shan State
In February 1999 Amnesty International delegates interviewed dozens of Karen refugees in Thailand who had fled mostly from Papun, Hpa’an, and Nyaunglebin Districts in the Kayin State in late 1998 and early 1999.
During February 1999 Amnesty International interviewed dozens of Karenni civilians who had escaped to Thailand in late 1998 and early 1999. They reported recent widespread incidents of forced labour and portering, arbitrary arrests and torture, and extrajudicial killings by the military, which occurred in the context of the internal displacement of civilians in the Kayah … Continue reading Myanmar: aftermath: three years of dislocation in the Kayah state