Afghanistan leak exposes NATO's incoherent civilian casualty policy
US military files on the war from 2004-2009, released by website Wikileaks, show that leaders did not know what was happening on the ground.

South Ossetia civil society activist beaten
Amnesty International is calling on the de facto authorities in South Ossetia to conduct a full, prompt and impartial investigation into an attack on a prominent journalist and civil society activist

Belarus frees conscientious objector
Yevgeny Yakovenko, who refuses to carry arms because of his pacifist convictions, was amnestied by a panel of judges.

Greece: Must stop treating migrants as criminals
The Greek authorities should immediately review their policy of locking up irregular migrants and asylum-seekers, including many unaccompanied children, Amnesty International said in a new report today.

Iran: Authorities must release wife and brother-in-law of human rights lawyer
Amnesty International is calling on its worldwide membership to appeal to Iranian authorities to release the wife and brother-in-law of leading human rights lawyer Mohammad Mostafaei, who defended Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, the woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery.

Cambodia: More prosecutions must follow Khmer Rouge conviction
Amnesty International is urging a special court to redouble its efforts to prosecute Khmer Rouge-era criminals, following the landmark conviction today of a notorious prison camp commander of crimes against humanity and war crimes

Iran: Must end harrassment of lawyer in stoning case
Amnesty International today called on Iran to stop harassing human rights lawyers amid continuing uncertainty over the whereabouts of the lawyer in the stoning case of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani and the arrest of two of his relatives.

Iran must end harassment of stoning case lawyer
Amnesty International urges Iran to stop harassing human rights lawyers amid continuing uncertainty over the whereabouts of the defence counsel in a controversial stoning case.