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Israel: Knesset urged not to pass law that would forcibly evict ...

Amnesty International has twice written to ministers in the Israeli government to express serious concerns regarding the proposed “Law for Regularizing Bedouin ...

20 Apr 2013       Document       MDE 15/008/2013

Colombia: Peasant farmer killed after threats

Gunmen thought to be paramilitaries have killed a land rights activist in northern Colombia, and have threatened to kill peasant farmers trying to assert their ...

19 Apr 2013       Document       AMR 23/017/2013

Bangladesh: Further information: Detained editor alleges torture

Detained Bangladeshi newspaper editor Mahmudur Rahman was hospitalised on 18 April 2013. His lawyers say he was tortured in police custody. Blogger Asif Mohiudeen ...

19 Apr 2013       Urgent Action       ASA 13/007/2013

France: Further Information: Eviction forces up to 200 from their ...

Up to 200 people have been forcibly evicted from an informal settlement in Ris-Orangis, on the outskirts of Paris, France. Eight families have begun legal proceedings ...

19 Apr 2013       Urgent Action       EUR 21/006/2013

Qatar: Further information: Activists released, but forbidden to ...

Two Qatari activists who had been detained without charge since 22 March 2013 were released on 18 April. The prosecutor's office told the men there was no case ...

19 Apr 2013       Urgent Action       MDE 22/009/2013

USA: 'Anyone who says we live comfortably on death row has ...

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL FEATURE EMBARGO: 19 April 2013, 00:01Hs GMT. AI Index: AMR 51/020/2013 'Anyone who says we live ...

19 Apr 2013       PressItem       AMR 51/020/2013

China: Activist detained, risks torture

Activist Liu Yuandong, a businessman, was detained on 23 February in Guangzhou, China after he took part in a protest against North Korea's nuclear tests. He is ...

19 Apr 2013       Urgent Action       ASA 17/012/2013

Burundi: Journalists at risk from restrictive new law

A draft press law which would severely limit the activities of journalists is soon to be debated by the Burundian Senate. It could make journalists criminally liable ...

18 Apr 2013       Urgent Action       AFR 16/001/2013

Dominican Republic: Police threaten, assault journalist

Police officers in the Dominican Republic have attacked and threatened a journalist reporting on a forced eviction they were carrying out in the north of the country ...

18 Apr 2013       Urgent Action       AMR 27/004/2013

Indonesia: Time to face the past: Justice for past abuses in ...

On 15 August 2005, the Indonesian government and the Free Aceh movement, an armed pro-independence group, signed a historic peace agreement that led to a successful ...

18 Apr 2013       Report       ASA 21/001/2013