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Greek riot police threatening use of firearms against demonstrators, Athens, Greece, 7 December 2008

Alleged abuses in the context of policing demonstrations in Greece

30 March 2009

Greek police shot and killed 15-year-old Alexandros-Andreas (Alexis) Gregoropoulos in Athens on 6 December 2008.

Simulation of execution method used in Belarus - executioner shoots victim in back of head with silenced pistol, February 2009

Stop executions in Belarus

23 March 2009

Belarus is the last country in Europe and in the former Soviet Union that still carries out executions.

Jestina Mukoko, director of the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP), speaking in Dublin, Ireland, on 22 May 2008

Zimbabwe must drop the charges against former prisoners of conscience

10 March 2009

Jestina Mukoko and Broderick Takawira were recently released on bail after months in detention. The Attorney General of Zimbabwe must remove all conditions around thei

Greece: Investigate the attack of trade union leader

7 March 2009

Sign the petition to call for a proper investigation into the attack of trade union leader Konstantina Kuneva.

Women in Kabul queuing to register to vote in the national elections in 2005

Afghan government must take firm action to protect women human rights defenders

6 March 2009

The October 2001 US-led international intervention to oust the Taleban regime was accompanied by a pledge by the Afghan government to protect women’s human right

Jestina Mukoko, director of the Zimbabwe Peace Project, who has been abducted

Release all prisoners of conscience in Zimbabwe

24 February 2009

The Zimbabwean authorities must ensure that all known and unknown political detainees are promptly charged with recognizable crimes in accordance with international

A policeman adds his commitment to stop violence against women to a board at the launch of Amnesty International's report on dom

Call on the Government of Venezuela to protect women’s rights

24 February 2009

Sign the petition to demand that the Government of Venezuela takes the urgent steps to protect women’s rights

A wrecked classroom in Gaza, 19 January 2009

Time for accountability for human rights abuses in Gaza and southern Israel

17 February 2009

With fragile ceasefires now in place in Gaza and southern Israel, the full extent of the devastation caused in the recent conflict is becoming increasingly clear.

Lawyer Patrick Finucane, killed in Belfast in 1989

Twenty years on, still no inquiry into Patrick Finucane's death

11 February 2009

The prominent civil rights lawyer, was shot dead in front of his wife and children at his home in Belfast, Northern Ireland on 12 February 1989.

Protect freedom of expression in Moldova

10 February 2009

A prominent Amnesty International member is among a group of peaceful demonstrators injured by masked attackers in Moldova.