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Indonesia: Malukan activists at risk of torture in detention
Amnesty International has warned that ten Malukan political activists detained by Indonesia's special anti-terrorism police...
March 27, 2011
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Rwanda: Government must investigate pre-election attacks on politicians and journalists
Amnesty International condemns attacks on politicians and journalists in the run up to the presidential election on August 9...
March 27, 2011
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Georgia: Government must secure future for displaced people from 1990s conflicts and war with Russia in 2008
The Georgian authorities must do more than the bare minimum to provide adequate housing, employment and access to health...
March 27, 2011
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Afghanistan: Taliban should be prosecuted for war crimes
The Taliban and other insurgent groups should be investigated and prosecuted for war crimes, Amnesty International said...
March 27, 2011
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USA: Khadr Trial at Guantanamo condemned
Amnesty International has condemned the U.S. government's decision to go ahead with the military commission trial of Omar...
March 27, 2011
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Iran: TV ‘confession’ of Iran stoning case woman criticized
Amnesty International criticized the TV "confession" of an Iranian woman last night, in which Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani,...
March 27, 2011
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Afghanistan: Stoning to death of an Afghan couple by Taliban condemned
Amnesty International has condemned the first Taliban executions by stoning carried out in Afghanistan since 2001.
March 27, 2011
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Cuba: Authorities must end the harassment of the mother of deceased prisoner of conscience
The Cuban authorities must act to end the harassment of the mother of a prisoner of conscience who died following…
March 27, 2011
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India: Authorities in Tamil Nadu must release five activists campaigning against torture and drop false charges against them
AI Index: ASA 20/023/2010 18 August 2010 India: Authorities in Tamil Nadu must release five activists campaigning against torture and…
March 27, 2011
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Bahrain: Authorities must revel whereabouts of eight arrested human rights defenders
Amnesty International today called on the Bahraini authorities to reveal the whereabouts of eight human rights defenders,...
March 27, 2011
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Indonesia: End criminalization of peaceful political activities in Maluku
Document - Indonesia: End criminalization of peaceful political activities in Maluku AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL Public statement AI Index: ASA 21/017/2010 19…
March 27, 2011
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Sri Lanka: The ACF Case 4 Years On: Sri Lankan Families Still Waiting for Justice
AI Index: ASA 37/012/2010 19 August 2010Sri Lanka: The ACF Case 4 Years On: Sri Lankan Families Still Waiting for…
March 27, 2011