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29 August 2008

Since the International Day of the Disappeared was started in 1983, the government practice of kidnapping, abducting or detaining people andholding them in secret ...

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Amnesty International welcomes life sentences for Argentinean ...
29 August 2008

Organization also calls on the Argentinean authorities to investigate the 2006 disappearance of Jorge Julio López.

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Colombia: Fear for Safety/Death threats
26 August 2008

On 25 August 2008, a team consisting of members of the Inter-Church Justice and Peace Commission, working in the Humanitarian Zone of Andalucía Caño Claro in the ...

Urgent Action       AMR 23/029/2008

Belarus must respect freedom of assembly, association and ...
26 August 2008

Since it was introduced in 2005, Belarusian authorities have used Article 193-1 to arrest, detainand convict youth activists and members of NGOs forexercising their ...

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Iran: End pressure on women’s rights defenders campaigning for ...
26 August 2008

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: MDE 13/127/2008. 26 August 2008. Iran: End pressure on women’s rights defenders campaigning. ...

Document       MDE 13/127/2008

Ethiopia: Arbitrary detention/torture
22 August 2008

Ugaas (clan leader) Abdirahman Mohamed Qani, chief of the Tolomoge group of the Ogaden clan has been detained without charge since 13 July, together with 12 others ...

Urgent Action       AFR 25/007/2008

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

Syria: Fear of torture or other ill-treatment
19 August 2008

Political activist Mesha'l al-Tammo, who is a member of Syria’s Kurdish minority, has not been seen since the early hours of 15 August 2008, when he set off from ...

Urgent Action       MDE 24/026/2008

Iran: Further information on Arbitrary arrest/fear of torture or ...
19 August 2008

Mahboubeh Karami was charged within the past week with "acting against national security," and the Revolutionary Court in Mahabad has scheduled her next hearing ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/119/2008

Iran: The 20th anniversary of 1988 "prison massacre"
19 August 2008

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. Public Statement. AI Index: MDE 13/118/2008. 19 August 2008. Iran: The 20 th anniversary of 1988 "prison massacre". ...

Document       MDE 13/118/2008