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US seeks death penalty for Guantánamo detainees

12 February 2008

The US government is seeking the death penalty against six “high-value” detainees at Guantánamo Bay charged on Monday.

Cambodia burns homes of the poor

11 February 2008

"Vireak" and his seven children became homeless the day most of the village of Mittapheap 4 was burned to the ground. 

Civilians killed and displaced in Darfur clashes

11 February 2008

Thousands of civilians have fled West Darfur’s Sirba region and an unknown number were killed as the Sudan Armed Forces moved to re-occupy the area.

Romania: Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review: Second session of the UPR working group, 5-16 May 2008

8 February 2008

In this submission, Amnesty International provides information under sections B and C (as stipulated in the General Guidelines for the Preparation of Information under the Universal Periodic Review).

Militia attacks West Darfur towns

8 February 2008

A large army-backed militia force is carrying out attacks on the West Darfur towns of Sirba and Abu Suruj.

Authorities must act to prevent Chad killings

7 February 2008

Amnesty International is alarmed at reports of extrajudicial killings of civilians by armed men in Chad. 

Police ill-treatment plagues Bosnia and Herzegovina

6 February 2008

Gazans cut off after Egypt seals border

6 February 2008

There is concern about the increasingly difficult human rights situation and living conditions of some 1.5 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

Prominent Chad opposition members arrested

6 February 2008

Four prominent members of the Chadian opposition have been arrested by security forces in N’Djamena.

Journalists in danger in Sri Lanka

5 February 2008

A number of journalists in Sri Lanka have received death threats in the wake of knife attacks on two journalists in the past eleven days.

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