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Amnesty International  Report 2013


The 2013 Annual Report on
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Letter Writing Marathon 2012: Final report
3 April 2013

In 2012, 12 cases of individuals and communities whose human rights have been violated were given huge international public attention by Amnesty International. ...

Report       ACT 30/022/2013

Iran: Ensure fair trials for those accused of killings of nuclear ...
27 March 2013

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. 27 March 2013. AI Index: MDE 13/015/2013. Iran: Ensure fair trials for those accused of killings ...

Public Statement       MDE 13/015/2013

Iran: Further information: Death row Ahwazi Arab men on hunger ...
26 March 2013

Five Iranian Ahwazi Arab men have launched a hunger strike in protest at the Supreme Court's decision to uphold their death sentences and their treatment in prison ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/014/2013

Iran: Further information: Iraqi cleric released from detention in ...
14 March 2013

Iraqi cleric and commentator, Ahmed al-Qubbanji, has been released from detention in Iran. He is safely back in Iraq.

Urgent Action       MDE 13/013/2013

Iran: UN Human Rights Council Twenty-Second Session, 25 February ...
12 March 2013

In this oral intervention Südwind and Amnesty International express concern that discriminatory selection procedures for candidates, as well as restrictions of ...

Open Letter       MDE 13/012/2013

Iran: Joint letter to the Permanent Representatives of Members of ...
7 March 2013

On 21 or 22 March 2013, the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) will vote on the renewal of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human ...

Open Letter       MDE 13/011/2013

Iran: Iraqi cleric detained, whereabouts unknown: Ahmed al ...
1 March 2013

Iraqi cleric and commentator Ahmed al-Qubbanji was detained on 17 or 18 February in Qom, central Iran, while visiting a member of his family. He is not known to ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/010/2013

Iran: End arbitrary house arrests of Mousavi, Karroubi, and ...
13 February 2013

JOINT PUBLIC STATEMENT Iran: End arbitrary house arrests of Mousavi, Karroubi, and Rahnavard; Free all prisoners of conscience. ...

Public Statement       MDE 13/009/2013

Iran: The human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran ...
12 February 2013

Amnesty International submits this statement in anticipation of the 25th anniversary of the summary execution of thousands of political prisoners in the 1988 “prison ...

Document       MDE 13/008/2013

Iran: Further information: Behrouz Ghobadi released
4 February 2013

Behrouz Ghobadi, brother of internationally acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Bahman Ghobadi, has been released, after a campaign that engaged prominent Hollywood directors ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/005/2013