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Uganda: Breaking the circle: Protecting human rights in the northern war zone
The war in northern Uganda is in its thirteenth year. The districts of Gulu and Kitgum, home of the Acholi ethnic group,...
March 26, 2011
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Uganda: “Breaking God’s commands”: The destruction of childhood by the Lord’s Resistance Army
The organization has chosen to issue this report about abuses against children (mainly by the LRA) because thousands of...
March 26, 2011
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Nigeria: Time to end contempt for human rights
The present military government in Nigeria has a record of open contempt for human rights. This report begins with an audit...
March 26, 2011
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Uganda: Human rights violations by the National Resistance Army
Amnesty International has received persistent reports of human rights violations in 1991 in the northern Ugandan districts...
March 26, 2011
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Iran: The last executioner of children
Iran has the status of being the world's last official executioner of children. Amnesty International is publishing this report...
March 26, 2011
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World Day against the Death Penalty to cast spotlight on USA: A learning curve, towards a ‘more perfect world’
A learning curve, towards a ‘more perfect world’ World Day against the Death Penalty to cast spotlight on USA 08 October 2010 Index: AMR 51/095/2010 The differences that exist between rich and poor, between good and bad prosecutions, between good and bad defence, between severe and lenient judges, between judges who favour capital punishment and those who do not, and the subjective attitudes that might be brought into play by factors such as race and class, may in similar ways affect any case that comes before the courts, and is almost certainly present to some degree in all court systems...…
March 26, 2011
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USA: Cruel, inhuman, degrading: 40th execution of the year approaches
USA: Cruel, inhuman, degrading: 40th execution of the year approaches Only available in PDF format. Download PDF version
March 26, 2011
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USA: Death penalty, still a part of the ‘American experiment’, still wrong
USA: Death penalty, still a part of the 'American experiment', still wrong Only available in PDF format. Download PDF version
March 26, 2011
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USA: Less than “ironclad,” less than safe
Despite the fact that the case against Troy Davis is not “ironclad,” a federal judge’s ruling, if upheld, will clear the way for the state to kill Davis in its execution chamber.
March 26, 2011
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Mexico: New reports of human rights violations by the military
Amnesty International is receiving increasing allegations of serious human rights violations, such as enforced...
March 26, 2011
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Uganda: Arrest Now! Joseph Kony, Vincent Otti, Okot Odhiambo and Dominic Ongwen
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March 26, 2011
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Indonesia: Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review. First session of UPR Working Group 7-18 April 2008
Amnesty International raises concerns over shortcomings of the Indonesian Criminal Procedure Code; on death penalty and counter-terrorism legislation; concerns related to harassment of human rights defenders, prisoners of conscience, restrictions on freedom of expression and assembly, impunity for human rights violations, and exploitation and abuse of women domestic workers.
March 26, 2011