• Kuwait: Security Forces Forcibly Disperse Stateless Residents
    May 3, 2012
    Press release
    Kuwaiti security forces arrested at least 16 stateless residents of Kuwait, known as Bidun, during a peaceful demonstration on May 1, 2012, in support of their rights to nationality. Kuwaiti authorities should respect the rights of Bidun to peaceful assembly.
  • Kuwait: Don’t Deny Right to Freedom of Expression
    Jan 13, 2012
    Press release
    A government order to Bidun residents, a group the government considers “illegal residents,” not to organize demonstrations denies their rights and should be revoked. 
  • Record Number of Palestinians Displaced by Demolitions as Quartet Continues to Talk
    Dec 13, 2011
    Press release
    Israeli authorities have stepped up unlawful demolitions in the West Bank including East Jerusalem over the past year, displacing a record number of Palestinian families from their homes, an international coalition of 20 leading aid agencies and human rights groups said today. The statement comes as the Middle East Quartet meets in Jerusalem in its latest effort to revive peace talks. 
  • Sudan: Southern Kordofan Civilians Tell of Air Strike Horror
    Aug 30, 2011
    Press release
    The Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) are indiscriminately bombing civilian areas in the Nuba Mountains region of Southern Kordofan and preventing aid from reaching desperate displaced people, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said today.
  • Libya: End Indiscriminate Attacks in Western Mountain Towns
    May 9, 2011
    Press release
    Libyan government forces have launched what appear to be repeated indiscriminate attacks on mountain towns in western Libya.
  • Kosovo: Europe Returning Roma to Face Hardship
    Oct 28, 2010
    Press release
    Roma and related minority groups deported from Western Europe to Kosovo face discrimination and severe deprivation amounting to human rights abuse.
  • DR Congo: Strengthen Protection for Displaced People
    Sep 14, 2010
    Press release
    The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo and the United Nations peacekeeping mission there should give greater emphasis to the protection of the nearly two million people displaced from their homes in the conflict-ridden eastern part of the country.
  • France: Amend Immigration Bill to Protect Asylum Seekers
    Sep 12, 2010
    Press release
    The Law Commission should amend the text of the proposed immigration bill to protect all asylum seekers from the risk of being deported before their asylum claims have been fully examined, Action by Christians for the Abolition of Torture-France (ACAT-France).
  • Israel: New Peak in Arbitrary Razing of Palestinian Homes
    Aug 19, 2010
    Press release
    The Israeli government should immediately stop the arbitrary destruction of Palestinian homes and other property in the West Bank and compensate the people it has displaced.
  • Israel: Halt Demolitions of Bedouin Homes in Negev
    Aug 1, 2010
    Press release
    The Israeli government should immediately impose a moratorium on demolishing the homes of Bedouin citizens. The government should also fully compensate those whose homes and property it has destroyed and allow them to return to their village pending a final agreement with the displaced that respects their rights under international law.