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The Wire, August/September 2011. Vol. 41, issue 04
1 August 2011

1) Stubborn, Irritating, Outrageous 2) Women in Nicaragua need your voice, your action, your solidarity; 'We all have a role in the changing world' 3) Stand united ...

Newsletter       NWS 21/004/2011

North Korea: Political Prison Camps
3 May 2011

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. Media Briefing. AI index: ASA 24/001/2011. Under Strict Embargo: 19.00 GMT on 3 May 2011,. North Korea: Political Prison Camps. ...

PressItem       ASA 24/001/2011

UN General Assembly's Third Committee session produces mixed ...
24 November 2010

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI index: IOR 41/035/2010. 24 November 2010. UN General Assembly's Third Committee session produces mixed results. ...

Public Statement       IOR 41/035/2010

North Korea: Implementing recommendations to improve human rights ...
4 October 2010

In this open letter Amnesty International calls on the North Korean authorities to specify to the UN Human Rights Council which recommendations it supports and ...

Open Letter       ASA 24/007/2010

North Korea: Elderly prisoner's life at risk in North Korea: Jeong ...
19 August 2010

An 84-year-old man, Jeong Sang-un, is believed to be detained in a political prison camp in North Korea after he was forcibly returned by the Chinese authorities ...

Urgent Action       ASA 24/006/2010

North Korea's crumbling health system in dire need of aid ...
15 July 2010

Amputation and other major surgeries carried out without anaesthesia are just one indication of the dire state of North Korea's healthcare system.

Report Abstract      

North Korea: The crumbling state of health care in North Korea
15 July 2010

Nearly one million people died when famine hit the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) in the early 1990s. Today, food shortages and a broader economic ...

Report       ASA 24/001/2010

Human Rights Council adopts Universal Periodic Review outcome on ...
18 March 2010

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: ASA 24/002/2010. 18 March 2010. Human Rights Council adopts Universal Periodic Reviewoutcome ...

Public Statement       ASA 24/002/2010

Le Fil. Décembre 2009 / Janvier 2010
1 December 2009

for activists and international members december 2009 / january 2010 volume 39 issue 006 migrants a new destination. first published ...

Newsletter       NWS 21/006/2009