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Appeals for Action

Amnesty International has helped save thousands of lives by stopping torture, preventing executions and protecting human rights defenders.

Artsyom Dubski

Belarusian youth activists must be freed

26 November 2009

Seven youth activists were sentenced to up to two years of ‘restricted freedom’ in Belarus after they participated in a peaceful demonstration in 2008.
A young woman and her aunt walk to the bus stop on their way to hospital in KwaZulu Natal province.

Turning the tide against HIV in South Africa

25 November 2009

Call on the Ministry of Transport to help increase access to health services for HIV, particularly for women, by improving the regularity and affordability of rural transport systems.
National flags of the members states outside the United Nations Secretariat building, United Nations, New Yor

Make the United Nations more effective in realizing women’s rights

25 November 2009

The United Nations is a galvanizing force in setting new international standards and commitments to protect and promote women’s human rights especially those at risk of violence, or facing poverty. Make the United Nations more effective in realizing women’s rights.
Former and current child domestic workers watch a comedy performance at a rehabilitation summer camp

Protect Girls in Domestic Labour in Haiti

24 November 2009

Children in domestic service live with a host family undertaking domestic chores in return for their board and lodging. They are frequently exploited, ill treated and denied their right to education, healthcare and food. Their situation has been described as a form of modern slavery by the UN.
Hussein Mahmoud Morsy, on the right, with his neighbours from Al-Shohba, Egypt, 3 August 2009.

Protect residents of Cairo living in 'unsafe areas'

17 November 2009

Egyptian authorities are developing plans to address problems in Cairo’s ‘unsafe areas’ without adequately consulting affected communities.
World Day Against the Death Penalty, South Korea, 10 October 2009

South Korea must establish an official moratorium on executions

30 October 2009

Since the beginning of 2009, Amnesty International has been concerned that the South Korean government is taking steps towards resuming executions. Sixty prisoners currently remain under sentence of death.
European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg, France

Denied protection in Turkey - refugees unlawfully detained

27 October 2009

Every year, thousands of people from countries including Afghanistan, Iraq and Iran arrive in Turkey seeking protection from persecution.
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