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Man's death highlights plight of Albania's adult orphans

18 February 2008

Cuba releases imprisoned activists

18 February 2008

The Cuban authorities released four activists from prison over the weekend.

USA's record on racial discrimination under scrutiny

18 February 2008

The USA's record under the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination will come under scrutiny next week.

Bush urged not to veto waterboarding bill

15 February 2008

Amnesty International has called on US President Bush not to veto a bill outlawing waterboarding.

Israeli army destroys Palestinian homes

14 February 2008

Every single home in the West Bank villages of Humsa and Hadidiya is slated for destruction.

Australia apologises for abuses of Indigenous

13 February 2008

Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd formally apologised to the Indigenous people who were members of the Stolen Generation and their families on Wednesday in Parli

US seeks death penalty for Guantánamo detainees

12 February 2008

The US government is seeking the death penalty against six “high-value” detainees at Guantánamo Bay charged on Monday.

Cambodia burns homes of the poor

11 February 2008

"Vireak" and his seven children became homeless the day most of the village of Mittapheap 4 was burned to the ground. 

Civilians killed and displaced in Darfur clashes

11 February 2008

Thousands of civilians have fled West Darfur’s Sirba region and an unknown number were killed as the Sudan Armed Forces moved to re-occupy the area.

Romania: Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review: Second session of the UPR working group, 5-16 May 2008

8 February 2008

In this submission, Amnesty International provides information under sections B and C (as stipulated in the General Guidelines for the Preparation of Information under the Universal Periodic Review).

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