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1 July 2008

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23 June 2008

In this document Amnesty International makes recommendations to the African Union Heads of State and Government (AU Assembly) to demonstrate its commitment to fight ...

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Turkmenistan: No effective human rights reform
23 June 2008

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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Colombia: Fear for Safety
20 June 2008

Members of the armed forces have threatened inhabitants of the Naya River basin by telling them that paramilitary groups are returning to the area. The paramilitary ...

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Turkey: Three children on trial in case over freedom of expression
18 June 2008

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. Public Statement. AI Index: EUR 44/011/20008 (Public). Date: 18 June 2008. Turkey: Three children on trial in ...

Document       EUR 44/011/2008

Iran: Arbitrary arrest/fear of torture or ill-treatment
17 June 2008

Mahboubeh Karami, journalist and women’s rights defender, was removed from a bus and arrested by plain clothed security forces on 13 June. The bus had travelled ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/084/2008

Pakistan: Further information on medical concern / unfair trial ...
10 June 2008

Journalist Rehmat Shah Afridi was released on parole on 24 May 2008. He had served nine years of a life sentence handed down in June 2004 by the Lahore High Court ...

Urgent Action       ASA 33/017/2008

Mexico: Fear for safety
22 May 2008

Human rights defender Luz Esthela Castro Rodríguez, coordinator of the Women's Human Rights Centre, (Centro de Derechos Humanos de las Mujeres, CDHM) in Chihuahua ...

Urgent Action       AMR 41/025/2008

Sudan: Darfur crisis reached the capital
21 May 2008

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. 21 May 2008. AI Index: AFR 54/023/2008. Sudan: Darfur crisis reached the capital. Amnesty International ...

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