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23 April 2009
The Mauritanian authorities have violently cracked down on two peaceful demonstrations this month.
20 April 2009
The last three political prisoners who were abducted by state agents in
Zimbabwe in December 2008 were released on bail on Friday.
02 April 2009
Francisco José Fadul, a Court President and former Prime Minister of
Guinea-Bissau, was beaten by military personnel at his home in Bissau
in the early hours
23 March 2009
Halifa Sallah is believed to have been arrested for articles he wrote criticising the use of witch doctors by the Gambian government.
04 March 2009
Human rights workers Jestina Mukoko and Broderick Takawira have been released after three months in prison. Both were victims of enforced disappearance, unlawful arres
20 January 2009
Questions and answers with Somali human rights activist, Zam Zam Adbullahi.
14 January 2009
Zimbabwean human rights activist Jestina Mukoko was abducted from her
home by armed state security agents, at around 5am on 3 December 2008.
08 January 2009
The Charities and Societies Proclamation law could criminalise the human rights activities of both foreign and domestic non-governmental organizations.
06 January 2009
A worker with the United Nations World Food Programme was killed by unidentified gunmen in southern Somalia, highlights the dangerous environment in which journalists
24 December 2008
Jestina Mukoko, the director of the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP), who
was abducted from her home on 3 December, has been left by her abductors at
Matapi Police Stati
10 December 2008
Irene Khan writes about the continuing human rights issues around the world as Amnesty International celebrates the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Hu
10 December 2008
Human rights groups have called on the Zimbabwe authorities to cease
the persecution of human rights activists after five people were
abducted in less than a week by
09 December 2008
Patrick Barigbalo Naagbanton is the coordinator for the Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development.
03 December 2008
A Zimbabwean human rights activist was abducted from her home at dawn
on Wednesday by a group of armed plain-clothes men who identified
themselves as policemen.
27 November 2008
Activists are demonstrating around the world to call for urgent and
effective protection of civilians in Eastern Democratic Republic of
Congo.
06 November 2008
The leaders of Zimbabwean activist movement, Women of Zimbabwe Arise, have been released on bail after three weeks in detention.
28 October 2008
The leaders of the activist organisation Women of Zimbabwe Arise
(WOZA), Jenni Williams and Magodonga Mahlangu, were denied bail on
Monday following their arrest on
22 October 2008
The detention of two activists from the Women of Zimbabwe Arise has been extended until Friday.
23 September 2008
The political crisis in Zimbabwe has been characterised by a series of politically-motivated
violations of civil, political, social and economic rights against real
26 June 2008
To mark the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, Amnesty International members and supporters are taking action around the world.
