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Morocco/Western Sahara: Eight new prisoners of conscience in ...
6 November 2009

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: MDE 29/011/2009. Date: 6 November 2009. Morocco/Western Sahara: Eight new prisoners of conscience in October. ...

Document       MDE 29/011/2009

Tunisia releases prisoners held over Gafsa protests | Amnesty ...
6 November 2009

Sixty-eight people held in connection withprotests against unemployment and high living costsin the resource-rich Gafsa region have been released.

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Sri Lanka: Further information: Detained journalists freed in Sri ...
5 November 2009

Journalist Vettivel Jasikaran and his wife Valarmathi Jasikaran were released on 26 October. They had been arbitrarily detained since March 2008 under anti-terror ...

Urgent Action       ASA 37/024/2009

Iranian security forces condemned after clampdown on protesters ...
5 November 2009

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Syria: Elderly prisoner of conscience charged
5 November 2009

Haytham al-Maleh, a 78-year-old male prisoner of conscience, was charged by a military judge on 3 November with "conveying false news" about the human rights situation ...

Urgent Action       MDE 24/030/2009

Indonesia: Open letter about the Islamic Criminal Code in ACEH
5 November 2009

In this open letter Amnesty International raises recent concerns regarding a new Indonesian bylaw in Aceh, the Islamic Criminal Code (Qanun Hukum Jinayat), which ...

Document       ASA 21/021/2009

Activist on trial for denouncing pollution in Tunisia must be ...
5 November 2009

Amnesty International has called for the release of a human rightsactivist who went on trial this week for making a video about pollutionin Tunisia and posting ...

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Veteran human rights lawyer faces up to 15 years in Syrian prison ...
4 November 2009

Amnesty International believes that charges have beenbrought against Haytham al-Maleh simply because he exercised his right to freedom ofexpression.

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Croatia: Croatia urged to end impunity for war crimes and to ...
3 November 2009

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. 3 November 2009. AI Index: EUR 64/002/2009. Croatia urged to end impunity for war crimes and to defend journalists. ...

Document       EUR 64/002/2009

Iranian activist banned from receiving human rights award in ...
3 November 2009

A longstanding travel ban on journalist Emadeddin Baghi, has prevented him from travelling to Switzerland to recieve his Martin Ennals prize in person.

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