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Attacks killed and displaced civilians in Rakhine State Myanmar military arbitrarily detained civilians and looted valuables Amnesty International documents military use of cluster munitions in Shan State Myanmar’s military has unlawfully killed, arbitrarily detained and stolen from civilians as it struggles to contain the heaviest outburst of armed resistance since the 2021 coup, Amnesty International said today. Drawing on interviews with 10 civilians from Pauktaw township in Rakhine State a...

At least 12 children killed, and a reported 57 people injured The Myanmar military killed at least 28 civilians in an air strike on a displaced persons camp in an attack that may amount to a war crime, Amnesty International said today. At approximately 11.30pm on 9 October 2023, the Myanmar military launched an attack that hit the Mung Lai Hkyet displacement camp, close to the town of Laiza in Kachin State, near Myanmar’s border with China. Witnesses told Amnesty International that a large bom...

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - The Gambian government has braced up to the challenge of minimizing the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the hotel and tourism sector of its economy. The government has taken decisive and concrete steps in reviving the sector by providing relief support to the industry, especially to formal and informal sector workers and

Amnesty International’s Crisis Evidence Lab is a multidisciplinary team that uses cutting-edge digital investigation tools to document human rights violations remotely. It helps to ensure that information emerging from conflict areas is timely, accurate and meets the needs of human rights work in crises situations. This is particularly important in situations where it is dangerous […]

The Geneva Conventions protect prisoners of war against public curiosity, but does that include sharing videos of detainees on social media? Head to CTVNews.ca to see what the experts have to say.

UN approves independent investigation into suspected war crimes in Tigray conflict.

News and analytical articles about Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.

The Senate has kicked off the complicated process of coordinating and passing multi-committee legislation designed to bolster US technological capabilities, expand the US political, diplomatic and economic toolkit for dealing with China and curb China's growing geopolitical influence. The effort has garnered strong bipartisan support and is likely to yield landmark legislation that will be enacted with strong bipartisan support and the backing of the Biden administration.