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Defending human rights in a changing world
22 August 2008

DEFENDING HUMAN RIGHTS IN A CHANGING WORLD. Everyone has the right, individually and in association with others, to promote and to ...

Report       ACT 30/006/2008

Tens of thousands at risk in Sri Lanka as fighting escalates ...
19 August 2008

The Sri Lankan military and the opposing Liberation Tigers of TamilEelam (LTTE) are putting displaced civilians in danger as fighting continues in northern Sri ...

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Sri Lanka: LTTE, government endangering lives of tens of thousands ...
14 August 2008

Thousands of families who fled the recent fighting between Sri Lankan forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) must be allowed to move to safer areas ...

Press Release      

UN Human Rights Council Eighth Session, 2-18 June 2008 ...
18 July 2008

The statements in this document were made during the eighth main session of the Human Rights Council that took place from 2 to 18 June 2008.

Report       IOR 41/034/2008

Sri Lanka: Fears for civilians increase as war intensifies
15 July 2008

Document       ASA 37/022/2008

Sri Lanka: Civilians continue to face deadly daily threat ...
11 July 2008

Amnesty International today condemned the targeting of civilians in the ongoing conflict in Sri Lanka.

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Sri Lanka: Further Information on Ill-treatment/Fear of Torture ...
4 July 2008

Vettivel and Valarmathi Jasikaran were brought before a Magistrates' Court in Colombo on 30 June 2008, and detained for a further three months without being charged ...

Urgent Action       ASA 37/026/2008

Stronger witness protection needed to ensure accountability for ...
4 July 2008

Amnesty International is disappointed at the deportationfrom the UK of the Sri Lankan national knownas Karuna, who is alleged to have committed war crimes and crimesagainst ...

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UK: Stronger witness protection needed to ensure accountability ...
3 July 2008

Amnesty International today expressed disappointment at the deportationfrom the UK of Sri Lankan national Vinayagamoorthi Muralitharan, knownas Karuna, who is alleged ...

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Oral statement on the outcome on Sri Lanka under the Universal ...
13 June 2008

Amnesty International (AI) and Human Rights Watch (HRW) are alarmed that extrajudicial, summary and arbitrary killings continue. Given the deteriorating human rights ...

Document       IOR 41/032/2008