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Three years for profiling a Moroccan prince on Facebook

27 February 2008

A 26-year-old IT engineer has been given a three-year prison term and fined 10,000 dirhams (US$1,320) for creating a profile of Morocco's Prince Moulay Rachid on Fac

Freedom curtailed in the Russian Federation

26 February 2008

There has been a clampdown on the freedoms of assembly and expression in the run-up to parliamentary and presidential elections in the Russian Federation.

Nigeria’s prison system fails its people

26 February 2008

In Nigeria, sixty five percent of prison inmates have never been convicted of any crime, with some awaiting trial for up to ten years.

Kenyan victims of political violence speak out

26 February 2008

In early February, an Amnesty International delegation travelled to Kenya, investigating human rights violations that have occurred during the post-election violence

Call for independent UK investigation into US renditions

23 February 2008

Amnesty International has called for a full, independent investigation into any further UK involvement in renditions.

One year missing and imprisoned in Libya

22 February 2008

At least 14 Libyans were arrested just over a year ago for planning a peaceful demonstration to mark the anniversary of the Benghazi events when security forces killed

Calls for calm as Serbs rally

21 February 2008

Hundreds of thousands of protesters are expected to take part in a "Kosovo is Serbia" rally in Belgrade on Thursday.

Migrant shot dead trying to cross Egypt/Israel border

21 February 2008

Egyptian security forces shot dead a Sudanese man trying to cross into Israel on Tuesday

Court win for man wrongly accused of terrorism

20 February 2008

A flight instructor wrongly accused of training the hijackers of planes used in the 11 September 2001 attacks in the USA has won his appeal.

Uganda strikes deal with LRA on trials

20 February 2008

The Ugandan government has struck a deal with the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) about where their leaders will be tried.

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