Web pages about "Armed Groups"

Armed groups and government forces continue to abuse women and children in North Kivu - 29 September 2008

Child soldiers are still being recruited to fight in the ongoing war in the Democratic Republic of Congo. There is also continuing physical and sexual abuse of women and children in the conflict.

Continuing concern for civilians after hostilities in Georgia - 22 August 2008

Displaced civilians and refugees who fled during the conflict, as well as those who remained in the areas where hostilities have taken place, are in continued need of humanitarian assistance. Some also remain vulnerable to ethnically motivated attacks.

Mindanao civilians under threat from MILF units and militias - 22 August 2008

Tens of thousands who have already suffered from the renewal of violence, could be at even greater risk, if the Philippine government supports the creation of untrained and unaccountable civilian militias.

Sudan holds hundreds without charge after 10 May attack - 20 August 2008

After eight alleged members of the Justice and Equality Movement were sentenced to death by Sudan's Anti-Terrorism Special Courts, the government prepares to try another 109.

International Criminal Court: Possible arrest warrants against Sudanese officials - 11 July 2008

1. What will happen on Monday 14 July?
The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Luis Moreno Ocampo, will submit to the Judges of the Court evidence of crimes allegedly committed in Darfur over the last five years. He will request the Judges to issue one or more arrest warrants for the individual(s) allegedly responsible for those crimes.

Ingrid Betancourt freed - 4 July 2008

After six years in captivity at the hands of the FARC guerrilla group, the former Colombian presidential candidate was freed following a military operation.

Twelve bodies found in Zimbabwe – victims tortured to death - 20 June 2008

Victims allegedly abducted by ZANU-PF supporters who, in some instances, were accompanied by armed men believed to be government agents.

Darfur crisis reaches Sudanese capital - 23 May 2008

Amnesty International is gravely concerned by the Sudanese security forces’ crackdown following the incursion into Khartoum, by an armed group.

Routine killings of civilians in Somalia - 6 May 2008

The dire human rights and humanitarian crisis facing the people of Somalia has been revealed in a groundbreaking new Amnesty International report.

Ethiopia must release mosque attack children - 24 April 2008

Ethiopian forces and forces of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (TFG) have been accused of targeting civilians in an attack on a Mogadishu mosque that left 21 dead.