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06 July 2009
The African Union has refused to cooperate with a war crimes arrest warrant against Sudan President Omar al-Bashir.
06 July 2009
Protests are escalating in Honduras with reports of protestors being
beaten. Nineteen-year-old protestor, Isis Obed Murillo, died from
gunshot wounds on Sunday.
03 July 2009
A Delhi high court has decided to decriminalize homosexuality. The ruling overturns a 19th century British colonial law.
03 July 2009
A delegation from Amnesty International delivered thousands of
letters to the prime minister, calling on him to ratify a treaty aimed at combating enforced disappeara
30 June 2009
Further demonstrations are expected in support of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, who was ousted on Sunday.
29 June 2009
Some refugees have had their homes set on fire and others have been threatened with arson, to coerce them into returning home.
29 June 2009
The law would prohibit the discussion of homosexuality in schools
and ban any reference to it in public information that can be viewed by
children.
29 June 2009
Amnesty International members across Europe join in a day of action as part of the organization’s solidarity campaign with independent journalists and human righ
29 June 2009
The Italian Senate is to decide whether or not to pass a
controversial draft law that would violate the human rights of migrants
and asylum-seekers and could lead to
29 June 2009
Amnesty International is gravely concerned that several opposition
leaders detained in the wake of the 12 June elections may be facing
torture, possibly to force the
28 June 2009
Members of a Congressional committee in Paraguay have voted against returning Indigenous lands back to the Yakye Axa community.
26 June 2009
President Obama’s decision to close the US detention facility at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, by next January leads Amnesty International to fear that several Tu
26 June 2009
Amnesty International has told the Council of Europe Assembly, that states should be held accountable for violations committed by their forces in operations outside th
26 June 2009
The Iranian authorities must immediately release dozens of journalists
arrested since 12 June and who are at risk of torture in detention,
Amnesty International said
25 June 2009
No armed group has claimed responsibility for the attack, which also injured more than 127 people.
25 June 2009
Russia's Supreme Court has overturned the acquittal of three men
accused of involvement in the 2006 killing of journalist Anna
Politkovskaya.
25 June 2009
The men had their right hands and left legs amputated by members of the
al-Shabab armed militia in front of a crowd of local people in northern
Mogadishu.
24 June 2009
Former detainees held by the USA at Bagram airbase in Afghanistan have
told the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) how they were subjected
to abuse while in cust
23 June 2009
Secretary General Irene Khan expressed her concern at the continuing human rights violations in Zimbabwe, when she met with the country's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangi
23 June 2009
The Indonesian police carry out widespread abuse with impunity against
criminal suspects and poor and marginalized communities, according to a
new Amnesty Internatio
