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Thailand's state of emergency should not infringe on human rights ...
2 September 2008

Amnesty International urges the Thai government to respect human rights and to remove restrictions on free speech contained in the emergency decree.

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Mexico: Intimidation: Abdallán Guzmán Cruz
1 September 2008

Abdallán Guzmán, a member of the human rights organisation, the Diego Lucero Foundation (Fundación Diego Lucero AC) and his family were intimidated by armed soldiers ...

Urgent Action       AMR 41/039/2008

Cuba: Further information on fear of unfair trial: Gorki Águila
1 September 2008

Gorki Águila was released on 29 August 2008 after a trial before a Municipal court in Havana. He was cleared of charges of “dangerousness” (peligrosidad), but found ...

Urgent Action       AMR 25/003/2008

Iran: Further Information on Arbitrary arrest/fear of torture or ...
29 August 2008

On 25 August 2008, Mahboubeh Karami was released on bail of one billion rials (approximately US$110000). She was charged in mid-August with "acting against national ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/128/2008

Syria: Further Information on Fear of torture or other ill ...
29 August 2008

On 26 August 2008, political activist Mesha'l al-Tammo was transferred from a detention centre run by the Political Security Branch in the capital, Damascus, to ...

Urgent Action       MDE 24/027/2008

Iran: Further Information on Fear of torture or other ill ...
29 August 2008

On 23 August 2008, Kurdish women’s rights activist Zeynab Bayzeydi had her four year sentence of imprisonment and internal exile upheld by an appeal court in West ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/129/2008

Uganda: Amnesty International Concerns on the Regulation of ...
28 August 2008

Amnesty International has a number of serious concerns about the Regulation of Interception of Communications (RIC) Bill, published on 25 May 2007 and due to be ...

Report       AFR 59/005/2008

Cuba: Fear of unfair trial: Gorki Águila (m)
28 August 2008

A Cuban musician who is an outspoken critic of the Cuban government has been arrested and faces up to four years in prison. Amnesty International is concerned that ...

Urgent Action       AMR 25/001/2008

Europe and Central Asia: Summary of Amnesty International's ...
28 August 2008

This bulletin contains information about Amnesty International’s main concerns in the Balkans between July and December 2007. A number of individual country reports ...

Report       EUR 05/001/2008

India: Fear for safety
27 August 2008

The murder of a prominent Hindu nationalist leader has been used by his supporters to justify violent attacks on the Christian minority in the Kandhamal district ...

Urgent Action       ASA 20/018/2008