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25 years remembering the disappeared | Amnesty International
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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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

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

Mexico: Ill-treatment/Fear for safety
26 August 2008

On 9 August 2008, Remigio Hernández Arellano and José Gómez were arrested by police officers in the small town of Benemérito de las Américas, Chiapas state, for ...

Urgent Action       AMR 41/037/2008

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

Iran: Further information on Fear for safety/ Fear of torture and ...
21 August 2008

The three students of Amir Kabir University in Tehran, Ahmad Qasaban, Majid Tavakkoli and Ehsan Mansouri, were released on 13 August 2008. It is not clear whether ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/125/2008