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3 April 2008

Niger: Executions and forced disappearances follow army reprisals

Amnesty International is very concerned at the new wave of extrajudicial executions committed by the Niger army in the Agadez region, which for more than a year has be

Region Africa

Country Niger

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2 April 2008

Bangladesh: Request for UN involvement in ending impunity for 1971 violations welcomed

Amnesty International welcomed Foreign Adviser Iftehkar Ahmed Chowdhury's request for United Nations involvement. "Action to end impunity for war crimes, crimes a

Region Asia And The Pacific

Country Bangladesh

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1 April 2008

China: Olympics countdown - Time running out for improvement in human rights

Amnesty International called on the Chinese authorities to immediately end repressive measures against Chinese human rights defenders in Beijing and other parts of C

Jamaica: Poor communities held hostage to gang violence and government neglect

(Kingston) Amnesty International today criticized the Jamaican authorities for wilfully neglecting poor Jamaicans by failing to tackle the corruption and violence that

Region Americas

Country Jamaica

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28 March 2008

Ethiopia: Two prisoners of conscience freed

Amnesty International today welcomed the release of human rights activists Daniel Bekele and Netsanet Demissie, who had been detained in Ethiopia since November 2005,

Region Africa

Country Ethiopia

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27 March 2008

Egypt: Newspaper editor’s prosecution part of a “pattern of harassment” of Egyptian media

Ibrahim Eissa was charged under Articles 171 and 188 of the Penal Code for publishing in 2007 information considered by the authorities to be damaging to the public in

Region Middle East And North Africa

Country Egypt

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27 March 2008

Amnesty International to publish 2007 global death penalty statistics

On Tuesday 15 April Amnesty International will publish its global death penalty statistics, looking at how many people were executed or sentenced to death across the w

Zimbabwe: Harassment and intimidation as election looms

As Zimbabweans prepare to vote in national elections on 29 March, Amnesty International today warned that the right to freedom of expression, association and assembly

Region Africa

Country Zimbabwe

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26 March 2008

Israel/Occupied Palestinian Territories: Israeli army denying cancer patient vital treatment

The Israeli army must allow chronically ill cancer patient Karima Abu Dalal to leave the Gaza Strip and obtain desperately needed medical care in Israel, Amnesty Inter

Region Middle East And North Africa

Country Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territories

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26 March 2008

Media briefing: Now is not the time to relax UN arms embargo on DRC

Amnesty International today urged the UN Security Council not to weaken the arms embargo on the DRC, arguing that any relaxation would be premature and could prove cou

Region Africa

Country Democratic Republic Of Congo

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