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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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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

Iraq: No Iranians in need of protection should be sent to Iran ...
28 August 2008

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: MDE 14/023/2008. 28 August 2008. Iraq: No Iranians in need of protection should be ...

Document       MDE 14/023/2008

Trapped – collective punishment in Gaza | Amnesty International
27 August 2008

The blockade imposed by Israel on the Gaza Strip over a year ago hasleft the population of 1.5 million Palestinians trapped withdwindling resources and an economy ...

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Sudan: Fear of torture or other ill-treatment
27 August 2008

Darfuri asylum-seeker Shams El Deen Adam Mohamed was arrested on 16 or 17 July, and his whereabouts have been unknown since then. He is believed to be held ...

Urgent Action       AFR 54/037/2008

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

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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Chile: Further information on Intimidation/harassment
22 August 2008

Documentary filmmaker Elena Varela López was released on 13 August, after more than three months in custody. She is now subject to aresto domiciliario nocturna ...

Urgent Action       AMR 22/002/2008

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

Continuing concern for civilians after hostilities in Georgia ...
22 August 2008

Displaced civilians and refugees who fled during the conflict, aswell as those who remained in the areas where hostilities have takenplace, are in continued need ...

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