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Amnesty International  Report 2013


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France: Further Information: Eviction forces up to 200 from their ...
19 April 2013

Up to 200 people have been forcibly evicted from an informal settlement in Ris-Orangis, on the outskirts of Paris, France. Eight families have begun legal proceedings ...

Urgent Action       EUR 21/006/2013

Europe: End forced evictions of Roma in Europe
15 April 2013

European governments forcibly evict thousands of people from their homes, ignoring their obligations under international law. Most of those forcibly evicted are ...

Document       EUR 01/004/2013

France: the dismissal of an employee wearing the headscarf is ...
10 April 2013

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. France: the dismissal of an employee wearing the headscarf is discriminatory. On 19 March ...

Public Statement       EUR 21/005/2013

Europe: Human rights here, Roma rights now: A wake-up call to the ...
4 April 2013

Thirteen years after the introduction of the Race Equality Directive, discrimination against Roma in Europe remains widespread. EU member states must respect international ...

Report       EUR 01/002/2013

France: New Roma forced evictions 'shameful' | Amnesty ...
3 April 2013

Over 200 people, mostly Romanian Roma, were forcibly evicted this morning from an informal settlement in greater Paris.

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France: Over 200 people face forced eviction
2 April 2013

Over 200 people living in an informal settlement in Ris-Orangis on the outskirts of Paris face imminent forced eviction following a decision taken by the municipality ...

Urgent Action       EUR 21/003/2013

Major powers fuelling atrocities: Why the world needs a robust ...
12 March 2013

Every year, thousands of people are killed, injured, raped and forced to flee from their homes as a result of abuses and atrocities committed with conventional ...

Document       ACT 30/001/2013

Amnesty International | World powers urged to support a robust ...
12 March 2013

Arms supplied by the world's major powers are among those contributing to the loss of hundreds of thousands of lives and blighting the livelihoods of millions of ...

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The 'big five' in Arms Trade Treaty negotiations
11 March 2013

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. MEDIA BRIEFING. 11 March 2013 AI Index: ACT 30/017/2013. The 'big five' in Arms Trade Treaty negotiations. ...

PressItem       ACT 30/017/2013

Submission to the Steering Committee for Human Rights (CDDH) of ...
20 February 2013

Amnesty International submits this contribution in the context of the evaluation of the implementation of the Recommendation on measures to combat discrimination ...

Report       IOR 61/003/2013