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Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:58:05 GMT
A former Guatemalan head of state will face trial on genocide charges over massacres of thousands of mostly Mayan villagers in 1982 and 1983.
January 27, 2012
International
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The Bahraini authorities must investigate reports of more than a dozen deaths following the security forces' use of tear gas.
January 26, 2012
International
Bahrain must investigate more than a dozen deaths that followed the misuse of tear gas by security forces, Amnesty International has said after another person was seriously injured by a tear gas canister in Manama this week.
On Tuesday, 20-year-old Mohammad al-Muwali was seriously injured and hospitalized after being hit in the head by a tear gas canister launched by riot police responding to an anti-government protest in the capital city’s Karrana neighbourhood.
read more Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:00:07 +0000
A new Amnesty International campaign highlights the plight of thousands of Central American migrants travelling across Mexico each year.
January 26, 2012
International
A thought-provoking new campaign by Amnesty International highlights the plight of thousands of Central American migrants travelling across the region every year by calling for donations of a particular, humble item of clothing.
When Amnesty International asked migrants what one thing they would take if leaving the country, the answer was: ‘socks’.
read more Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:00:07 +0000
Amnesty International delegates in Libya have uncovered widespread torture and ill-treatment of suspected pro-al-Gaddafi fighters and loyalists.
January 26, 2012
International
Several detainees have died after being subjected to torture in Libya in recent weeks and months amid widespread torture and ill-treatment of suspected pro-al-Gaddafi fighters and loyalists, Amnesty International said today.
Amnesty International delegates in Libya have met detainees being held in and around Tripoli, Misrarah and Gheryan, who showed visible marks indicating torture inflicted in recent days and weeks. Their injuries included open wounds on the head, limbs, back and other parts of the body.
read more Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:00:08 +0000
London 2012 ethics chief tells Amnesty International why she quit her role on Olympic commission over Dow's connection to the 1984 Bhopal disaster.
January 26, 2012
International
When sports fans and athletes arrive in London this summer to celebrate the Olympic Games, the victims of a gas leak disaster that happened on a winter night in central India almost 30 years ago are unlikely to be at the forefront of their minds.
But today’s resignation of Meredith Alexander, the Olympic Games’ ethics commissioner, may prompt Olympic visitors to take a second look at the plastic wrap that will encircle the east London stadium and remember its connection with the disaster that killed thousands of people in Bhopal in 1984.
read more Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:00:08 +0000
Tue, 26 Jul 2011 10:01:37 GMT
Pension funds: key players in the global farmland grab
Large scale agricultural land acquisitions are generating conflicts and controversies around the world. Yet funds continue to flow to overseas
Wed, 29 Jun 2011 08:00:01 GMT
School children in the US were served 200,000 kilos of meat contaminated with a deadly antibiotic-resistant bacteria before the nation's second largest meat packer issued a recall in 2009. A year earl
Thu, 05 May 2011 08:00:01 GMT
âThere can be no justifications for land grabbing!â
social movements and CSOs tell World Bank, UN agencies and governments
17 April 2011
Today, on the International Day of Peasant Struggles, p
Sun, 17 Apr 2011 08:00:01 GMT
The Government of the Province of RÃo Negro, Argentina, and one of China's largest agribusiness companies are moving forward on an agreement that hands over thousands of hectares of land in Argentina
Tue, 25 Jan 2011 08:00:01 GMT
GRAIN is pleased to announce that, starting today, the specialised farmlandgrab.org website is fully trilingual. People who speak French or Spanish can now navigate the site in either language and be
Tue, 11 Jan 2011 08:00:01 GMT
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