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Amnesty International  Report 2013


 
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Togo: Excessive use of force and death in custody
15 May 2013

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI index: AFR 57/002/2013. 15 May 2013. Togo: Excessive use of force and death in custody. Denial ...

Public Statement       AFR 57/002/2013

Kenya: 400 families forcibly evicted
15 May 2013

Some 400 Kenyan families were forcibly evicted on 10 May from an informal settlement in the capital, Nairobi. They are homeless and in urgent need of food, water ...

Urgent Action       AFR 32/004/2013

Zambia: Two men on trial for "unnatural" sex
15 May 2013

Two men in Zambia have been arrested on charges of having sex “against the order of nature”, and denied bail. They are detained and awaiting trial. They have been ...

Urgent Action       AFR 63/001/2013

Amnesty International's briefing on the human rights situation in ...
14 May 2013

Amnesty International is deeply concerned about reports of continuing widespread and serious human rights violations in the Central African Republic (CAR) since ...

Report       AFR 19/001/2013

Amnesty International calls on the new Central African Republic ...
14 May 2013

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: AFR 19/002/2013. 14 May 2013. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CALLS ON THE NEW CENTRAL AFRICAN ...

Public Statement       AFR 19/002/2013

Nigeria: Further information: Demolitions cease but people still ...
10 May 2013

Hundreds of people in Badia East settlement in Lagos State, Nigeria, are still at risk of further evictions, after they were forcibly evicted from their homes on ...

Urgent Action       AFR 44/005/2013

Sudan: Female lawyer detained, risks torture: Asma Ahmed
10 May 2013

Sudanese lawyer Asma Ahmed, a human rights activist, has been detained incommunicado by the National Security Services since 4 May. She has not been charged with ...

Urgent Action       AFR 54/010/2013

Eritrea: 20 years of independence, but still no freedom | Amnesty ...
9 May 2013

Urge the President of Eritrea to end the repression by taking action.

Action Document      

Eritrea: Twenty years of Independence, but still no freedom
9 May 2013

On 24 May 1993, the state of Eritrea was formally recognised as an independent nation. Twenty years on, thousands of prisoners of conscience and political prisoners ...

Report       AFR 64/001/2013

Chad: Journalist arrested, risks torture
8 May 2013

Journalist Eric Topona, Secretary General of the Union of Chadian Journalists (UJT) was arrested on 6 May and transferred to Am Sinene prison in the Chadian capital ...

Urgent Action       AFR 20/004/2013