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Myanmar must look beyond 'flawed' report to stop cycle of Buddhist ...
30 April 2013

Recommendations in a government-backed report investigating last year's devastating violence in Myanmar fail to effectively tackle discrimination against Rohingya ...

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Syria must reveal fate of missing child feared to be at risk of ...
29 April 2013

The Syrian authorities must immediately reveal the whereabouts of a 16-year-old boy who has been missing since November, Amnesty International urges.

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Fight maternal mortality in Peru | Amnesty International
29 April 2013

Hundreds of pregnant women in Peru are dying. In many cases, these deaths could be avoided if the government provided equal health services across the country.

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Russia: Voters' rights NGO is first victim of 'foreign agents' law ...
25 April 2013

Today's decision by a Moscow court to fine an independent non-governmental organization and its leader is an alarming indicator for the future of civil society ...

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Teachers arrested after peaceful strike in the Republic of Congo ...
25 April 2013

Two teachers have been deteined without charge for a week in the Republic of Congo in connection with a peaceful strike.

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UN 'miss opportunity' to allow Western Sahara human rights ...
25 April 2013

The UN Security Council has failed to add human rights monitoring to the mandate of its Western Sahara peacekeeping force, despite ongoing reports of abuses in ...

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Fiji's draft constitution falls short on human rights standards
25 April 2013

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI index: ASA 18/001/2013. 25 April 2013. Fiji's draft constitution falls short on human rights standards. ...

Public Statement       ASA 18/001/2013

China: Legal activist's sister-in-law detained as harassment ...
24 April 2013

The Chinese authorities must release the sister-in-law of a prominent human rights activist and end the ongoing harassment of his relatives living in Shandong Province ...

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More than 1.3 million refugees from Syria in dire need of ...
24 April 2013

It is vital that the international community does more to help the increasing number of refugees pouring across borders as they flee the violence in Syria.

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United Kingdom: Briefing to the UN Committee Against Torture
24 April 2013

This briefing summarizes Amnesty International's current concerns about the UK's failure to comply with some of its obligations under the UN Convention against ...

Report       EUR 45/002/2013