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Publication Date: 08 April 2010

Authorities in Kyrgyzstan must respect human rights

Police and security forces urged not to use excessive force while restoring public order after three days of violent unrest.

Publication Date: 07 April 2010

Authorities in Kyrgyzstan must refrain from unlawful use of force

Attempts by police to end protests in the capital Bishkek and other cities have reportedly left 17 people dead and many more injured.

Publication Date: 29 March 2010

Deadly Moscow subway bomb attacks condemned

At least 37 people were killed and dozens injured by two explosions within an hour of each other in the city centre.

Publication Date: 23 March 2010

UK must hold inquiry to end secrecy over abuse involvement

Amnesty International has released a new briefing outlining its call for a full, independent and impartial inquiry into UK involvement in human rights abuses post-11 September 2001.

Publication Date: 22 March 2010

Belarus carries out two executions

Andrei Zhuk and Vasily Yuzepchuk were sentenced to death in 2009 for separate crimes but had been sharing a death row cell in Minsk.

Publication Date: 16 March 2010

Legal loopholes allow European companies to trade in 'tools of torture'

European companies are participating in the global trade in types of equipment widely used in torture or other ill-treatment, according to evidence presented in a new report by Amnesty International and the Omega Research Foundation.

Publication Date: 10 March 2010

Azerbaijani bloggers lose appeal against fabricated charges

Adnan Hajizade and Emin Milli have been sentenced to two and two and a half years respectively after they posted a video critical of the government on YouTube.

Publication Date: 09 March 2010

Slovakia plans to remove Romani children from their families

Prime Minister Robert Fico has announced a proposal to take the children from the settlements where they live and place them in boarding schools.

Publication Date: 08 March 2010

Convictions of abuse during Genoa G8 protests upheld

An Italian court has confirmed the convictions of 15 police officers, prison guards and doctors who were found guilty of the ill-treatment of detainees in the Bolzaneto facility in 2001.

Publication Date: 02 March 2010

Russia urged to investigate attack on human rights activist

Vadim Karastelev, who has been campaigning for police reform and against corruption, was severely beaten by two men outside his home in Novorossisk.

Publication Date: 26 February 2010

Homophobic law to enter into force in Lithuania

A new law restricting the distribution of public information relating to the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people enters into force next week.

Publication Date: 24 February 2010

Concern at proposals for the European Court of Human Rights to charge fees

At a Council of Europe meeting last week, member states voiced support for proposals that individuals should pay to file an application with the Court.

Publication Date: 23 February 2010

Swiss businessman held in Libya on politically motivated charges

Max Goeldi, who began serving a four month prison sentence this week, is thought to be a pawn in a diplomatic row between the two countries.

Publication Date: 17 February 2010

Europe urged to strengthen rights as ministers meet

Representatives of the 47 member states gather in the Swiss resort of Interlaken this week for a two-day conference to discuss further reforms of the European Court of Human Rights.

Publication Date: 10 February 2010

Turkey urged to end discriminatory clampdown on gay rights groups

Amnesty International is concerned that a new attempt to close down the LGBT group Black Pink Triangle through the courts, follows cases against similar organizations in recent years.

Publication Date: 10 February 2010

Artist convicted of slander in Uzbekistan

Umida Ahmedova was found guilty of charges based on some of her photographs and film projects, which were interpreted as insulting the Uzbekistani people and their traditions.

Publication Date: 05 February 2010

Ten years on – no justice for victims of Chechen killings

Ten years after the killing of scores of civilians in a suburb of the Chechen capital Grozny, the relatives of those murdered are still denied justice by the Russian authorities.

Publication Date: 04 February 2010

Ukraine releases Belarusian opposition activist

Igor Koktysh had been held in a pre-trial detention centre since June 2007, when Belarus requested his extradition.

Publication Date: 02 February 2010

Belarusian conscientious objector jailed

Ivan Mikhailau had refused military service because bearing arms contradicts his religious beliefs.

Publication Date: 27 January 2010

Photographer faces jail for 'defaming' life in Uzbekistan

Umida Akhmedova, whose work shows men, women and children carrying out everyday activities, was charged with slandering and insulting the Uzbekistani people and their traditions.