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Denmark: No forced returns to 'volatile' situation in Somalia ...
15 May 2013

Forcibly returning people to a volatile security situation in Somalia would violate international law.

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Amnesty International | Denmark: No forced returns to 'volatile' ...
15 May 2013

Forcibly returning people to a volatile security situation in Somalia would violate international law, Amnesty International said as Danish courts are due to consider ...

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Equatorial Guinea targets opposition ahead of elections | Amnesty ...
15 May 2013

At least nine activists who were trying to organize a peaceful demonstration in Equatorial Guinea were arrested as authorities are determined to clamp down on free ...

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UN resolution on Syria will do little to stop massive abuses ...
15 May 2013

Today's United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) resolution on Syria is a positive step but it does little to address the immense ongoing human rights and humanitarian ...

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Zambia: Two men on trial for "unnatural" sex
15 May 2013

Two men in Zambia have been arrested on charges of having sex “against the order of nature”, and denied bail. They are detained and awaiting trial. They have been ...

Urgent Action       AFR 63/001/2013

Indonesia: Further information: Shi'a community face removal from ...
14 May 2013

The Shi'a community driven from their homes in East Java in August 2012 are now at risk of being forcibly removed from their temporary shelter. They have been denied ...

Urgent Action       ASA 21/014/2013

Amnesty International's briefing on the human rights situation in ...
14 May 2013

. . amnesty international briefing. AI index: AFR 19/001/2013. 14 May 2013. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL'S BRIEFING ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS ...

Report       AFR 19/001/2013

Activist freed - journalist still missing in The Gambia | Amnesty ...
14 May 2013

A Gambian activist detained by the authorities after peacefully expressing his views has been released – but there is still no news about a journalist missing for ...

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Right to conscientious objection still not guaranteed in Europe
14 May 2013

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI index: EUR 01/012/2013. 14 May 2013. Right to conscientious objection still not guaranteed in Europe. ...

Public Statement       EUR 01/012/2013

Myanmar must avert further humanitarian disaster as cyclone ...
13 May 2013

Heavy monsoon rains and a tropical cyclone threaten the lives of tens of thousands of displaced persons in western Myanmar unless the authorities immediately step ...

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