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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
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.
04 June 2009
The Lithuanian parliament has voted in favour of a measure that would
prohibit the discussion of homosexuality in schools and ban any
reference to it in public infor
18 May 2009
The first ever Baltic Pride march in Riga, Latvia passed off
successfully and peacefully - but there was violence at
similar events in Russia and Poland.
15 May 2009
The Baltic Pride march due to take place on Saturday 16 May in Riga,
Latvia, will go ahead after a ban against the event was lifted.
14 May 2009
The planned Baltic Pride march due to take place on Saturday in Riga, Latvia, has been banned.
13 May 2009
A lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) pride march planned to
take place this weekend in Riga, Latvia has been thrown into doubt
after local councillors att
11 May 2009
A Greek government minister has pledged to secure justice for trade
unionist Konstantina Kouneva after 22,000 people signed a petition to
support her.
08 May 2009
The Russian President, Dmitry Medvedev, has not delivered on the
promises he made about human rights during his first year in power.
01 May 2009
The Roma community and civil society activists in the Czech Republic are to take part in a nationwide protest on Sunday, against the latest violent attack on a Roman
17 April 2009
There can be no stability and security for the people of Chechnya, until those responsible for gross human rights abuses in the country over the last 10 years are brou
01 April 2009
A prominent Russian human rights activist who has long been critical of
the government has been assaulted near his Moscow home.
23 March 2009
Two men were killed during a demonstration in Pristina in February 2007, when Romanian police under the control of the UN fired rubber bullets at the crowd.
20 March 2009
Early on Wednesday morning, a Greek prisoner actively engaged in defending prisoners’ rights was found dead.
05 March 2009
The Azerbaijani authorities have dropped a defamation suit against a prominent human rights defender.
26 January 2009
A coalition of human rights organizations is calling on EU foreign ministers to help by offering humanitarian protection to
detainees at risk of torture or other seri
21 January 2009
The Turkish lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender solidarity
organization, Lambda Istanbul, has won its appeal against the closure
of the association.
19 January 2009
Two years ago, the journalist and human rights defender was killed in Turkey for the expression of his non-violent opinions. Those responsible still haven't been broug
19 January 2009
A prominent human rights lawyer with whom Amnesty International had worked on several occasions was shot dead in the centre of Moscow on Monday.
17 December 2008
The European Parliament has honoured a jailed Chinese dissident in absentia with its top human rights award.
