Category Archives: Killings and Disappearances

In Aceh there is peace but no justice

Posted on 2 May 2013 by Conor Fortune

By Olof Blomqvist, Asia-Pacific Press Officer at Amnesty International, who recently returned from Indonesia Simpang KKA was once known as a junction near a paper and pulp mill in Aceh, a region on the northern part of Indonesia’s Sumatra Island. … Continue reading →

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Biting the bullet – why the Arms Trade Treaty must regulate ammunition

Posted on 20 March 2013 by Conor Fortune

By Conor Fortune, News Writer at Amnesty International “When she came out she was covered in blood. There are two bullets still in her head.” No mother should ever have to utter such a chilling line about her child. But … Continue reading →

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Is Haiti’s justice system up to the test?

Posted on 20 February 2013 by Conor Fortune

By Javier Zuñiga, Special Adviser at Amnesty International Bringing to justice current or former heads of state is always complicated – in both legal and political terms. But it is possible. Time and again, former dictators and human rights abusers … Continue reading →

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Write for Rights 2012/Dominican Republic: We don’t live; we simply survive

Posted on 12 December 2012 by Livewire Team

A message from Ana Montilla, whose husband Juan Almonte is still missing. A member of the Dominican Committee of Human Rights, he disappeared on his way to work on 28 September 2009 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, after witnesses saw … Continue reading →

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If we don’t solve the problems of our past, we won’t have a future

Posted on 5 December 2012 by Kristin Hulaas Sunde

Women who have faced violence in conflicts often face similar challenges, wherever they live in the world. Amnesty International recently helped set up a meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, between two NGOs working on similar issues, but in very different contexts … Continue reading →

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