Investigating rocket attacks in Israel
By Ann Harrison, Deputy Director of Amnesty International’s Middle East and North Africa Programme It was dawn when we arrived in Israel to begin our investigation into rocket attacks from Gaza which...
View ArticleNew route to justice one step closer to reality
By Karen Mullin, Campaigner on Make our Rights Law, Amnesty International’s Demand Dignity Campaign Imagine you have been forcibly evicted from your home. Your family is left homeless, but the law in...
View ArticleSri Lanka: Depicting things that should never have to be shown
Livewire posts do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Amnesty International By Olof Blomqvist “No Fire Zone” is the third and final film in a series collectively known as Sri Lanka’s...
View ArticleAleppo’s river of death
By Donatella Rovera Aleppo’s Kweik river, keeps washing up the bodies of men and boys who have been shot in the head at close range. Some have their hands tied behind their backs, some have marks...
View Article“They killed my son”
Dr Manoharan recalls the day when his son was gunned down by Sri Lanka’s security forces The last time I heard from my son, Ragihar, was a mobile phone text message. It just said: “DAD”. That was 2...
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