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25 June 2008

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Turkmenistan: No effective human rights reform
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The report focuses on human rights developments since President Saparmurad Niyazov’s death in December 2006 up until 12 June 2008 and highlights patterns of ...

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20 June 2008

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Turkey: Further Information on fear for safety/ ill-treatment ...
17 June 2008

Conscientious objector Mehmet Bal was transferred to a military prison in the southern city of Adana on 13 June 2008, to stand trial before a military court. Amnesty ...

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Myanmar: Health concern/ torture and ill-treatment
17 June 2008

Prisoners of conscience Myo Yan Naung Thein and U Ohn Than need urgent medical attention. Myo Yan Naung Thein is partly paralysed after being tortured, and is ...

Urgent Action       ASA 16/015/2008

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11 June 2008

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Iran: Further information on fear of torture and ill-treatment ...
11 June 2008

Mojtaba Hussein was released on bail on 2 June 2008. Two others, now known to be a married couple, who had been arrested in April in the city of Amol, have also ...

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Pakistan: Further information on medical concern / unfair trial ...
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