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16 July 2008

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15 July 2008

Pro-democracy activist Hasan Qasem was summoned to the General Intelligence Department, State Security Branch, in the Kafr Soussa district of Damascus, on 9 July ...

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Zimbabwe: Further Information on Abduction/Torture
15 July 2008

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15 July 2008

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Urgent Action       MDE 23/026/2008

Japan: Environmental activists must be treated in accordance with ...
14 July 2008

Amnesty International has expressed its deep concern to the primeminister of Japan about the detention of two Greenpeace activists,Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki, ...

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USA: Guantánamo: Day two of military judge questioning 9/11 ...
11 July 2008

On 10 July 2008, military commission judge US Marine Colonel Ralph Kohlmann held further proceedings to question the five men accused of orchestrating the attacks ...

Document       AMR 51/077/2008

Iran: Further Information on death penalty/torture/ill-treatment
11 July 2008

According to the non-governmental organization Human Rights Activists in Iran, the Supreme Court has confirmed the death sentences of Farzad Kamangar, Ali Heydariyan ...

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