Appeals for action

Displaced people in Kibati camp, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), November 2008.  © UNHCR/P. Taggart

Protect the people of DRC

18 November 2008

The United Nations Security Council's resolution authorizing the reinforcement of the UN peacekeeping force in the DRC is a welcome step. Now it's time to turn words i
Execution by firing squad in Viet Nam

Death penalty in Viet Nam – proposed reforms a welcome step towards abolition

10 November 2008

The government of Viet Nam has proposed to remove the death sentence on a range of offences.
Abolish the death penalty

India must establish a moratorium on executions

9 October 2008

As part of the sixth annual World Day against the Death Penalty, Amnesty International calls on India to take a step towards abolishing the death penalty.
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Violence surrounds Sarajevo Queer festival

23 September 2008

Attacks at the end of the first day of the Sarajevo Queer Festival left eight people injured and forced the organizers to close the rest of the festival to the

Ruins of Roma settlement in Naples © Iulian Stoian/Roma Civic Alliance of Romania

Italy must stop the discrimination against Roma

10 September 2008

Romani communities and settlements in Italy are being subjected to ongoing discrimination, both from the Italian authorities and members of the public.
Zmitser Dashkevich, a leader of the youth opposition movement Малады фронт (Young Front)

Belarus must respect freedom of assembly, association and expression

26 August 2008

Since it was introduced in 2005, Belarusian authorities have used Article 193-1 to arrest, detain and convict youth activists and members of NGOs for exercising thei

Russia urged to respect artists' rights to freedom of expression

16 July 2008

Organizers of an exhibition in Moscow are charged with inciting hatred and denigration of human dignity because of some of the objects on show.

Make human rights in Tunisia a reality

25 June 2008

It is time for the Tunisian authorities to live up to their lofty rhetoric on human rights.
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Thousands lost in Kashmir mass graves

18 April 2008

Call on India to investigate allegations of enforced disappearances and mass graves in Kashmir and Jammu.
Refugee children re-enact the destruction of a village in Darfur, Sudan with clay figures

Darfur's children of conflict

9 April 2008

The United Nations-African Union peacekeeping force to Darfur was deployed on 31 December 2007, but little has changed for the children of the region.