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29 July 2009
Eight people are reported to have been killed and up to 400 injured
after Iraqi forces attacked unarmed Iranian residents of Camp Ashraf.
28 July 2009
In a meeting with delegates from Amnesty International Nepal, the Minister gave a commitment to start the process for her country to ratify the Rome Statute.
28 July 2009
Burmese opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has been awarded the 2009 Amnesty International Ambassador of Conscience award.
28 July 2009
Japan has become the first country in Asia to ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance.
28 July 2009
The evictions appear to have been carried out as part of the government
of Kenya's plans to build a new road, the Northern Bypass.
28 July 2009
he human rights crisis in Iran is deepening daily and next week’s
expected inauguration of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for a second term as
president may spark further
24 July 2009
Thousands of activists in over 105 countries will participate in a Global Day of Action on Saturday, to demonstrate solidarity with those whose human rights are being
24 July 2009
Yuri Samodurov and Andrei Yerofeev face up to five years in prison after organizing a Moscow art exhibition. Artists and writers have sent a letter expressing their co
23 July 2009
A Brazilian organization has thanked Amnesty International after an
action by the organization brought safety to a peasant farmer and land
rights activist.
23 July 2009
Up to 200 people from an informal settlement in the Harare suburb of
Gunhill in Zimbabwe face being forcibly evicted without being given
adequate notice or any consu
22 July 2009
Usra al-Hussein’s imprisonment for almost a year, may have been related to her efforts to
communicate with an international organization regarding the detention
conditions of her husband.
22 July 2009
The Czech Republic finally ratified the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court on Tuesday.
22 July 2009
Thirty six Iranian Army officers, a French student, activists, journalists and lawyers are among those detained as waves of arrests and killings continue unabated in I
21 July 2009
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations should ensure that its newly established human rights mechanism has the necessary powers to do its job properly.
20 July 2009
A "Day of Action" for the people of Gambia will take place on Tuesday
and Wednesday in 12 different locations around the world including West
Africa, US, U
20 July 2009
Monday 20 July marks exactly four years since Ziad Ramadan was arrested
by the Syrian authorities, in whose custody he remains detained without
charge or trial.
17 July 2009
The families dismantled their homes after three years of government harassment and intimidation, with no choice but to accept inadequate compensation rather than have
17 July 2009
The death follows the publication of an Amnesty
International report detailing human rights violations committed by
French police officers.
