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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…
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Persecution and resistance: The experience of human rights defenders in Guatemala and Honduras
This report focuses on risks that human rights defenders face in Honduras and Guatemala, where the pattern of human rights abuses against human rights activists is widespread and in need…
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Uzbekistan: Government crackdown on human rights defenders
The ruthless campaign by the government of Uzbekistan to silence human rights activists and journalists shows no sign of abating.
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USA: ‘Where is the justice for me?’: The case of Troy Davis, facing execution in Georgia
This report outlines the case of Troy Anthony Davis. Executive clemency will be his last hope if the courts prove unwilling or unable to provide a meaningful remedy.
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Guatemala: No protection, no justice: killings of women (an update)
Since 2001 over 2,200 women and girls have been murdered in Guatemala and the rate of murders is on the increase. Between 1 January 2006 and 5 May according to…
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Uganda: Child “Night Commuters”
Girl aged 14, walks a kilometre, along with her four siblings, to the safety of a shelter in Lacor, five kilometres out of...
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USA: Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch joint study — The Rest of Their Lives: Life without Parole for Child Offenders in the U.S.
A new study by Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International finds that thousands of children in the U.S. have been sentenced...
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Government attempts to silence the Turkmenistan Helsinki Foundation
Amnesty International (AI) is seriously concerned at attempts by the authorities to stop the Turkmenistan Helsinki Foundation (THF) from carrying out its human rights work.
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Uganda: Violence against women in Northern Uganda
Date: 17/07/2005 ""When we were given to our husbands we were expected to have sex with them. I was only 10 years old when I...
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Business: Outrage Over Chevron CEO’s Conduct At Shareholder Meeting
ChevronTexaco CEO David O'Reilly reported record oil profits and then promptly shut down the microphone on a prominent...
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Mexico: Justice fails in Ciudad Juarez and the city of Chihuahua
The Governor of the state of Chihuahua in Mexico said recently that international attention on the situation in Ciudad...
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USA: Excessive and lethal force? Amnesty International’s concerns about deaths and ill-treatment involving police use of Tasers
In the past three years, more than 70 people are reported to have died in the USA and Canada after being struck by M26 or...