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Journalist at risk of torture in Turkmenistan: Rovshen ...
10 May 2013

Rovshen Yazmuhamedov, a Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty journalist, was detained on 6 May in Turkmenistan by local police. Though the charges against him have not ...

Urgent Action       EUR 61/001/2013

Amnesty International | New global development agenda must have ...
10 May 2013

World leaders must reject an aid-based model of development and instead pursue an approach that puts human rights and justice at its core.

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Egypt: Release teacher accused of blasphemy | Amnesty ...
10 May 2013

A Coptic Christian teacher detained in Egypt on charges of “defamation of religion” must be immediately released and the criminal case against her dropped.

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New global development agenda must have human rights at its core ...
10 May 2013

World leaders must reject an aid-based model of development and instead pursue an approach that puts human rights and justice at its core.

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El Salvador: “We don't want Beatriz to die, it's that simple” ...
9 May 2013

Doctors in El Salvador said a 22-year-old woman could die if she continues with the pregnancy but haven't treated her because if they interrupt it, they might be ...

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Eritrea: Rampant repression 20 years after independence | Amnesty ...
9 May 2013

Twenty years after its independence, Eritrea's prisons are filled with thousands of political prisoners, locked up without ever being charged with a crime, many ...

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Eritrea: Twenty years of Independence, but still no freedom
9 May 2013

On 24 May 1993, the state of Eritrea was formally recognised as an independent nation. Twenty years on, thousands of prisoners of conscience and political prisoners ...

Report       AFR 64/001/2013

Viet Nam: Open letter to Minister of Public Security: Arrests and ...
9 May 2013

On 5 and 6 May 2013, young people attempting to hold peaceful outdoor picnics to discuss human rights were prevented from doing so by security police, and several ...

Open Letter       ASA 41/001/2013

Guatemala's trial of the decade in ten facts | Amnesty ...
8 May 2013

The trial against former Guatemalan leader General José Efraín Rios Montt for genocide during his time in office has restarted. See why the Central American country's ...

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