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A tale of two schools: Segregating Roma into special education in Slovakia

24 July 2008

Almost all the pupils at the primary "special school" in Pavlovce nad Uhom, eastern Slovakia, are Roma.

Italy: The witch-hunt against Roma people must end

23 July 2008

Amnesty International is deeply concerned about actions taken by the Italian authorities targeting the Roma community.

Ye Guozhu must be released immediately

23 July 2008

The Chinese authorities say they will now not free the housing rights activist when his four-year prison sentence expires on 26 July. Amnesty International demands he

Women of Liberia: Fighting for Peace

23 July 2008

During the conflict in Liberia between 1989 and 1997 and again between 1999 and 2003, it is estimated that women made up over 30% of the fighting force. Although the c

Denying the undeniable: Enforced disappearances in Pakistan

22 July 2008

New government of Pakistan must reveal the truth about enforced disappearances

Arrest of Radovan Karadžic a major step towards justice

22 July 2008

The former Bosnian Serb leader could be handed over to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in the Netherlands either this weekend or early ne

Tunisian journalist freed

22 July 2008

A Tunisian journalist has been released eight months after he was arrested.

Children’s choir director still wanted for terrorist propaganda

18 July 2008

Duygu Ozge Bayar is still wanted by the Turkish authorities after she and members of her choir were accused of spreading propaganda for an outlawed separatist group.

President of Sudan could face arrest over Darfur war crimes

18 July 2008

Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo has applied for the issuance of an arrest warrant against Omar El Bashir for 10 counts of genocide, crimes against humanity and wa

Venezuela must implement new law on violence against women

17 July 2008

Amnesty International urges authorities to show the political will and provide the resources needed to ensure the new law will not just exist on paper.

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