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Pakistan ratifies key UN human rights treaty

18 April 2008

Iraq executions follow apparently unfair trials

18 April 2008

Twenty-eight people have been executed in Iraq this week following what appear to have been hasty and unfair trials.

Brazilian women's lives shattered

17 April 2008

Women in Brazil are finding themselves left to pick up the pieces following criminal and police violence in shanty-towns.

Video: Brazilian women's lives shattered

17 April 2008

Women in Brazil are finding themselves left to pick up the pieces following criminal and police violence in shanty-towns.

Secrecy surrounds death penalty

15 April 2008

At least 1,200 people were executed in 2007 and many more were killed by the state, in secret, in countries including China, Mongolia and Viet Nam.

Amnesty International’s Secretary General to meet Solana, Pöttering and Rehn

15 April 2008

The Secretary General of Amnesty International, Irene Khan, is in Brussels on Tuesday to meet top officials in the EU Council, Parliament and Commission.

Perversion of justice - 25 face jail in Egypt

15 April 2008

Royal pardon for Moroccan demonstrators

11 April 2008

Eight men convicted of undermining the monarchy in Morocco last year have been released after they were pardoned by the King. 

Iranian trade unionist freed

11 April 2008

A prominent trade unionist in Iran has been released from detention after serving a one-year prison sentence.

Zimbabwe opposition under attack

10 April 2008

Opposition parties in Zimbabwe have complained of violence against people perceived to be their supporters.

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