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Stop forced evictions: Protect people living in slums
3 October 2011

More than one billion people live in slums. Governments often forcibly evict people living in slums, driving them further into poverty and into more precarious ...

Document       ACT 35/026/2011

End the Death Penalty: World Day against the Death Penalty, 10 ...
3 October 2011

When Amnesty International was founded in 1961, only nine countries had abolished the death penalty for all crimes. Fifty years on, the trend towards worldwide ...

Document       ACT 51/002/2011

China: More Tibetan monks set themselves on fire to protest ...
28 September 2011

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC STATEMENT AI Index: ASA 17/045/2011 Wednesday 28 September China: More Tibetan monks set themselves on fire to protest repression ...

Public Statement       ASA 17/045/2011

China: Further information: Pakistani man executed in Shanghai ...
23 September 2011

A Pakistani man, Syed Zahid Hussain Shah was executed by lethal injection on 21 September after the Supreme People's Court in Beijing had approved his death sentence ...

Urgent Action       ASA 17/044/2011

US executes death row prisoner Troy Davis | Amnesty International
21 September 2011

Death row prisoner Troy Davis has been executed in the state of Georgia despite serious doubts surrounding his conviction.

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China: Pakistani man faces execution in China
14 September 2011

A Pakistani man, Syed Zahid Hussain Shah, 36, faces imminent execution in China. The Supreme People's Court in Beijing has approved his death sentence and announced ...

Urgent Action       ASA 17/043/2011

China: Further information: Human rights activist jailed, risks ...
12 September 2011

Human rights activist Wang Lihong has been sentenced to nine months' imprisonment. She is at risk of torture and other ill-treatment.

Urgent Action       ASA 17/042/2011

China: Further information on: Chinese designer Liu Zhenggang ...
9 September 2011

Liu Zhenggang, a designer, has been released. He was released on 24 June 2011 on medical grounds. He remains under surveillance at his home in Beijing, China.

Urgent Action       ASA 17/040/2011

Jailing of Chinese activist is 'inhumane' | Amnesty International
9 September 2011

Wang Lihong has been sentenced to nine months in prison in connection with her support for bloggers.

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China: Further information on: Activists still detained and at ...
9 September 2011

Ran Yunfei has been put under “residential surveillance”. Hua Chunhui has been sent home to serve the rest of his term on medical grounds. Ding Mao, Chen Wei and ...

Urgent Action       ASA 17/041/2011