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Tuesday 18 March 2008

On the 5th anniversary of the largest crackdown against political opponents in Cuba, Amnesty International today called on the new Cuban authorities to immediatel

Tuesday 18 March 2008
Amnesty International today revealed the extent of the impact of HIV and AIDS on poor rural women in South Africa with a major new report about the overwhelming challe
Monday 17 March 2008
Five years after US-led forces toppled Saddam Hussein, Iraq remains one of the most dangerous countries in the world for human rights, Amnesty International said today
Saturday 15 March 2008
"The Chinese authorities should allow an independent UN investigation into the events of the last week in Tibet, particularly in the light of the sealing off of t
Friday 14 March 2008
Amnesty International today revealed in a new report further details of the cruelty and illegality of the CIA programme of secret detentions and enforced disappearance
Thursday 13 March 2008

As Pakistan prepares to swear in a new parliament, Amnesty International calls on the country’s new leaders to repair the fallout from the state of emerge

Wednesday 12 March 2008
Amnesty International today condemned the harsh crackdown on peaceful protesters in the Tibetan capital, Lhasa. According to eyewitness reports, on 11 March, Chinese
Friday 7 March 2008
Amnesty International today condemned the killing of eight Israeli civilians, four of them children, in a shooting attack by a Palestinian on a Yeshiva school in Jerus
Friday 7 March 2008
Reacting to today’s news that Louise Arbour has resigned her position as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Amnesty International paid tribute to
Friday 7 March 2008
"Intensified censorship and attacks and abductions of peaceful activists by suspected security officials in Beijing make a mockery of official promises to improve

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Sudanese activist held incommunicado at risk of torture

10 May 2013

A female lawyer in Sudan who was arrested on 4 May and whose whereabouts are still unknownis at risk of torture.