As the Zimbabwean government and the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) prepare to enter power-sharing talks, Amnesty International called on both parties to ensure there are no pardons for those who committed human rights violations in the post-election period.
“There can be no lasting political solution to the crisis in Zimbabwe without addressing past human [...]

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Large numbers of Romani children are still being segregated within Slovakia’s public school system according to a new Amnesty International report.
A tale of two schools: Segregating Roma into special education in Slovakia documents the violations of the human right to education of Romani children in Slovakia, through the study of the situation in Pavlovce nad [...]

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“In grade 7 of the special school I learned the same things that I learned in grade 3 of the mainstream school.”
14-year-old Romani boy, found to have been erroneously placed in the special school
In Slovakia, huge numbers of Romani children are inappropriately placed in “special schools” for children with mental disabilities, where they receive a [...]

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Technical Advances, but Insufficient Fair Trial Guarantees The Rwandan government has made notable progress in reforming its judicial system since 2004, but fair trial is still not assured, said Human Rights Watch in a new report released today.
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Case Threatens Free Speech and Human Rights Work Prison officials in Vinnitsia, Ukraine, should immediately withdraw a lawsuit against a prominent Ukrainian human rights organization, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Independent Monitoring Body Should Be Established to Oversee Aid Donors assisting in Burma’s reconstruction after Cyclone Nargis should ensure that aid reaches the Burmese people, and is not manipulated by its repressive government, Human Rights Watch said today in an open letter to donors. The devastating cyclone that struck southern Burma on May 2-3 directly [...]

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China Leans on Nepal to Stifle Demonstrations
The government of Nepal, under pressure from China, has arbitrarily arrested hundreds of Tibetans and restricted their right to demonstrate against the March 2008 crackdown in Tibet, Human Rights Watch said in a new report today. Human Rights Watch called on Nepal to respect Tibetans’ rights to free expression [...]

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Amnesty International today demanded the immediate release of housing rights activist Ye Guozhu, who was arrested and sentenced in December 2004, after he applied for permission to hold a demonstration against forced evictions in Beijing.
The Chinese authorities say they will now not free Ye Guozhu when his four-year prison sentence expires on 26 July. Instead [...]

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“The new government of Pakistan should immediately reveal details of where hundreds of missing people, the victims of enforced disappearances, are being held, investigate all cases and hold to account those responsible — including the country’s security and intelligence agencies,” said Amnesty International in a report released today.
Amnesty International also demanded that Pakistan’s new government [...]

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The government should make it a priority to end violence against children whether in the home, school or elsewhere, five human rights organizations said today in joint letters to Kenya’s ministers of education, gender and children affairs, and justice.
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