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Amnesty International  Report 2013


The 2013 Annual Report on
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Sweden's candidacy for election to the UN Human Rights Council ...
16 October 2012

In this open letter, Amnesty International urges the Swedish government to further strengthen its election pledges by including the additional elements listed in ...

Open Letter       EUR 42/001/2012

Sweden should issue assurance it won't extradite Assange to USA ...
27 September 2012

The Swedish authorities should issue assurances to the UK and to Julian Assange that he will not be extradited to the USA.

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Ethiopia: Swedish journalists must be released immediately and ...
21 December 2011

Martin Schibbye and Johan Persson were found guilty of 'Supporting Terrorism' and 'Violation of the Territorial or Political Sovereignty' of Ethiopia.

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Sweden and Denmark forcibly return 26 Iraqis: Further information
26 January 2011

On 19 January 2011, Swedish police confirmed that Sweden had forcibly returned 20 Iraqis to Baghdad, on a charter flight organized with Danish authorities, who ...

Urgent Action       EUR 42/002/2011

Current Evidence: European Complicity in the CIA Rendition and ...
25 January 2011

This submission to the European Parliament Sub-Committee on Human Rights by Amnesty International focuses on the “state-of-play” with respect to accountability ...

Report       EUR 01/001/2011

Sweden: Sweden must stop forced returns to Iraq
17 January 2011

Amnesty International has received credible reports that the Swedish authorities are planning to forcibly return several individuals whose asylum claims have been ...

Urgent Action       EUR 42/001/2011

Europe: Open secret: Mounting evidence of Europe's complicity in ...
15 November 2010

European states played a shameful role in the covert programme of rendition and secret detention run by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) following the attacks ...

Report       EUR 01/023/2010

Europe: Open secret: Mounting evidence of Europe's complicity in ...
15 November 2010

This document is the executive summary of a report in which Amnesty International focuses on the “state-of-play” with respect to accountability for European states ...

Document       EUR 01/024/2010

Europe: European complicity in the CIA-led rendition and secret ...
15 November 2010

This submission to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe focuses on the “state-of-play” with respect to accountability for European states' complicity ...

Document       EUR 01/027/2010