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Amnesty International  Report 2013


 
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DRC: Protection of civilians must remain at the centre of new ...
22 February 2013

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: AFR 62/002/2013 22 February 2013. DRC: Protection of civilians must remain at ...

Public Statement       AFR 62/002/2013

Amnesty International assessment of states' implementation of ...
21 February 2013

In its submissions for the UPR, Amnesty International endeavours to assess the level of implementation of some of the recommendations, made by other states in the ...

Report       IOR 41/002/2013

South Sudan: Civil unrest and state repression: Human rights ...
21 February 2013

Twenty-four people were killed and more than 60 injured in Wau, the capital of South Sudan's Western Bahr El Ghazal State, in December 2012. These incidents occurred ...

Report       AFR 65/001/2013

Somalia: Further information: Journalist and alleged rape victim ...
19 February 2013

Freelance journalist Abdiaziz Abdnur Ibrahim has been found guilty of insulting a national institution, following his investigation into an alleged rape involving ...

Urgent Action       AFR 52/003/2013

Sudan: Sudanese women held without trial
19 February 2013

More than 30 Sudanese women have been detained arbitrarily without access to a lawyer since 12 November 2012. They are being held in Al-Obeid prison in central ...

Urgent Action       AFR 54/005/2013

Côte d'Ivoire: Launch of the report “The Victors' Law”
15 February 2013

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. DIARY NOTE . 15 February 2013. AI Index: AFR 31/003/2013. Côte d'Ivoire: Launch of the report “The Victors' Law”. ...

PressItem       AFR 31/003/2013

Sudan: Darfur activist at imminent risk of execution: Bakri Moussa ...
13 February 2013

Bakri Moussa Mohammed, a Darfuri activist, is at imminent risk of execution in Khartoum. He was recently informed that his 10 year prison sentence was revised to ...

Urgent Action       AFR 54/004/2013

Sudan: Sudanese student detained, at risk of torture: Mohammed ...
8 February 2013

Mohammed Osman Moussa, a Sudanese student, has been detained incommunicado for nearly two months following his arrest on his way to university. He is at risk of ...

Urgent Action       AFR 54/003/2013

Sudanese opposition members detained
7 February 2013

Six members of Sudanese opposition parties were arrested in January in Khartoum, Sudan. Five are still under detention without charge, with one – Mohamed Zain Al ...

Urgent Action       AFR 54/002/2013

Angola: Families forcibly evicted, many more at risk
6 February 2013

Since Friday 1 February, thousands of families have been forcibly evicted by the authorities in the Cacuaco municipality of Luanda city, Angola. The families have ...

Urgent Action       AFR 12/002/2013