Category - killings

August 16, 2013

Egypt’s bloodshed demands urgent impartial investigation

There must be a full and impartial investigation into the violent dispersal of sit-in protests in Cairo this week, says Amnesty International.
January 22, 2013

US challenged over illegal drone strikes and 'targeted killings'

The US government has been challenged over illegal use of force amid reports it is finalising a “manual” for targeted killings including drone strikes.
January 11, 2013

Swift investigation needed over Kurdish activists killed in Paris

The investigation into the gunning down of three Kurdish women activists in Paris must be prompt and thorough, Amnesty International says.
December 16, 2012

US churches renew call for action on guns after Newton mass killing

The President of the National Council of Churches USA has expressed "shock and the profoundest grief" over the deaths in the mass shooting in Newtown.
August 21, 2012

Call for judicial involvement in investigating South African killings

A judge must oversee any investigation into the deaths of 34 people at the Marikana mine complex in South Africa, Amnesty International says.
August 8, 2012

Faith groups condemn shootings at Wisconsin Sikh temple

US religious groups - Christian, Jewish and Muslim - are condemning killings at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin, described as an act of "domestic terrorism".
November 9, 2011

Murder of priest in Philippines revises campaign against political killings

The killing of a well-loved priest in southern Philippines has inspired the revival of a campaign to end political killings, church workers say.
July 24, 2011

Anders Brehing Breivik and Dr Ali

On the day that Anders Brehing Breivik, driven by hatred of Islam and of his country's political establishment, unleashed death and terror on an unimaginable scale in Oslo and Utoya, I lay on a treatment table in the Accident and Emergency department of my local hospital. The doctor attending to my pain and shock was a gentle young Muslim called Ali.
July 23, 2011

Right-wing Christian extremist is Norway terror killings suspect

A right-wing Christian extremist, 32-year-old Anders Behring Breivik, has been charged with bomb and gun terror attacks in Norway yesterday.
May 8, 2011

Obama and Osama: A story for kids?

Explaining to children the irrationality of adult behaviour is always challenging, says Sande Ramage. But in the case of the killing of Osama Bun Laden it is almost an impossibility.