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05 June 2008
The Gay Pride march in Riga on Saturday may have passed
largely without incident, but elsewhere in Europe, the right of
lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT)
04 June 2008
Amnesty International has condemned the detention of MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai, saying that his
detention was part of a sudden, sharp and dangerous crackdown on
p
03 June 2008
European Court of Human Rights strongly supports allegations that Aminat Dugaeva and Kurbika Zinabdieva were abducted by Russian servicemen.
02 June 2008
The first female judge to work at the High Court in Pakistan, Majida Razvi; a young Brighton-based Zimbabwean, Alois Mbawara; and Murat Kurnaz, released from Guant&aac
30 May 2008
110 states have agreed a provisional text for a historic new Convention on
Cluster Munitions, which is a treaty to ban the "Use, Production and
Transfer of Clus
30 May 2008
Wednesday 4 June 2008 marks the nineteenth anniversary of the Chinese
government's crackdown on the pro-democracy demonstrations in and
around Beijing's Tiananmen Sq
27 May 2008
Amnesty International has challenged world leaders to apologize for six decades of human rights failure and re-commit themselves to deliver concrete improvements.
23 May 2008
Amnesty International is gravely concerned by the Sudanese security
forces’ crackdown following the incursion into Khartoum, by an armed
group.
23 May 2008
Amnesty International has called on the South African government to protect the human rights of people at
risk of violent attacks and displacement from their homes on
22 May 2008
Statement by Amnesty International to the United Nation Human Rights
Council’s first thematic special session on the world food crisis.
20 May 2008
Amnesty International has urged the Head of the Judiciary in Iran to ensure that appeals hearings against the recent convictions and
sentences of six women’s ri
19 May 2008
In an open letter, Amnesty International's Secretary General has called on ASEAN leaders to take urgent action to prevent further human rights violations in Myanmar.
16 May 2008
Amnesty International has welcomed the public inquiry into the case of
an Iraqi hotel receptionist who died after being tortured over a period
of 36 hours while deta
16 May 2008
Zimbabwean “war veterans” are forcibly recruiting local youths to
attack perceived supporters of the opposition as violence in the
country reaches crisis
15 May 2008
Extradition of Colombian paramilitary leaders should not be used as an excuse to end
investigations into the role played by paramilitaries in committing
human rights
14 May 2008
Parliamentarians present US government officials with an Amnesty International declaration endorsed by over 1,200 of their counterparts worldwide.
14 May 2008
A series of bombings that took place in the north-western Indian city
of Jaipur on Tuesday have been condemned by Amnesty International.
13 May 2008
As hold-ups continue in the supply of foreign aid to Myanmar, Asian
leaders have been urged to pressure the country's military rulers into
taking swift action to add
13 May 2008
All political leaders in Lebanon must clearly instruct their supporters
to fully respect human rights and to refrain from recklessly carrying
out attacks in heavily-
