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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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Morocco: Continued detention of three brothers who “disappeared” in 1973 (STOP PRESS: released 30 December 1991)

Midhat Rene Bourequat, Bayazid Jacques Bourequat and Ali Auguste Bourequat, three brothers of French nationality, were...

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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Senegal: Torture: the Casamance case

Between 1982 and 1989 several hundred people in Casamance region were arrested for political reasons connected with a...

March 26, 2011

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Israel/Occupied Palestinian Territories: Dashed Hopes:Continuation of the Gaza Blockade

Dashed Hopes:Continuation of the Gaza Blockade Available in PDF

March 26, 2011

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Israel/Occupied Palestinian Territories: As safe as houses? Israel’s demolition of Palestinian homes

Palestinians living under Israeli occupation in East Jerusalem and the rest of the west bank face such tight restrictions...

March 26, 2011

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Invisible Victims: Migrants on the Move in Mexico

Invisible Victims: Migrants on the Move in Mexico Available in PDF only

March 26, 2011

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Spain: Out of the shadows – Time to end incommunicado detention

Amnesty International considers that the incommunicado regime in Spanish law is a violation of Spain’s obligations under...

March 26, 2011

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Morocco/Western Sahara: No more half measures: Addressing enforced disappearances in Morocco and Western Sahara

In a significant break with the past in Morocco and Western Sahara, King Mohamed VI established the Equity and...

March 26, 2011

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Canada: Canada Still Refusing to Seek Omar Khadr’s Repatriation from Guantánamo; Mohammed Jawad Returned to Afghanistan

By refusing to seek the repatriation of its national, Omar Khadr, from US custody in Guantánamo Bay, the Canadian...

March 26, 2011