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Migrants face illegal arrest in Mauritania | Amnesty International
2 July 2008

People trying to reach Europe are being arrested, ill-treated and collectivelyexpelled from Mauritania without opportunity to challenge the decision.

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1 July 2008

The Wire. July 2008 Vol. 38. No. 6. AI Index: NWS 21/006/2008. [Page 1]. State of denial: Europe’s role in rendition and secret detention. ...

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Mauritania: "Nobody wants to have anything to do with us": Summary
1 July 2008

This document is a summary of Amnesty International's report (AFR 38/001/2008) which sets out the main concerns of Amnesty International in relation to the treatment ...

Report       AFR 38/005/2008

Mauritania: «Nobody wants to have anything to do with us» ...
1 July 2008

Since 2006, thousands of migrants, accused of setting out from Mauritania with the intention of entering the Canary Islands irregularly, have been arrested, then ...

Report       AFR 38/001/2008

Lebanon: Irene Khan urges action on human rights | Amnesty ...
1 July 2008

(Beirut) Secretary General Irene Khan called on top Lebanese officials today to reaffirm their commitment to human rights by taking concrete action, including the ...

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Slovakia: Constitutional Court upholds the absolute prohibition of ...
27 June 2008

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: EUR 72/005/2008 (Public). Date: 27 June 2008. Slovakia: Constitutional Court upholds ...

Document       EUR 72/005/2008

Senegal: Further information on Intimidation/ fear of enforced ...
27 June 2008

Gambian journalist Yahya Danfa has been granted asylum in Sweden. He had been in hiding in Senegal with his family, but had been threatened there by Gambian security ...

Urgent Action       AFR 49/003/2008

Israel: Knesset should reject draft law which would put asylum ...
23 June 2008

In a Memorandum sent to the Internal Affairs and Environment Committee of the Israeli Knesset (parliament) Amnesty International urged legislators to reject a proposed ...

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Tunisia: Torture, illegal detention and unfair trials
23 June 2008

Hundreds if not thousands of young people suspected of terrorism-related offences have been arrested in Tunisia in the past five years. Many have been tortured ...

Document       MDE 30/005/2008