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Sri Lanka's assault on dissent

In their attempt to consolidate power, Sri Lanka's authorities have criminalized freedom of expression, and equated dissent with treason. Those who dare to criticize ...

30 Apr 2013       Report       ASA 37/003/2013

Shelving the truth: George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum ...

1. Index: AMR 51/021/2013 30 April 2013. Shelving the truth George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum opens in Dallas. On 1 May ...

30 Apr 2013       Report       AMR 51/021/2013

Mexico: Letter to the Presidents of Mexico and USA

30 Apr 2013       Open Letter       AMR 41/020/2013

Iraq: Concerns about the suspension of TV channels' licences

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. 30 April 2013. AI Index: MDE 14/007/2013. Iraq: Concerns about the suspension of TV channels' licences. ...

30 Apr 2013       Public Statement       MDE 14/007/2013

Russia: Russian NGOs face new form of persecution

A Moscow court has fined a Russian NGO almost 10000 USD. It is the first organization to be fined under a repressive new law which requires organizations in receipt ...

30 Apr 2013       Urgent Action       EUR 46/014/2013

Republic of Congo: Further Update: Teachers freed, strike leaders ...

Two teachers in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, detained for a week in connection with an ongoing strike, have now been released without charge. However leaders ...

29 Apr 2013       Urgent Action       AFR 22/002/2013

Saudi Arabia: Sheikh al-'Amr appeal may worsen sentence

Sheikh Tawfiq Jaber Ibrahim al-'Amr risks a harsher sentence when his appeal is heard within the next few weeks. He has been serving a three-year prison sentence ...

29 Apr 2013       Urgent Action       MDE 23/017/2013

Czech Republic's discriminatory treatment of Roma breaches EU Race ...

Amnesty International, the European Roma Rights Centre and the Open Society Justice Initiative submit this briefing for consideration by the European Commission ...

29 Apr 2013       Report       EUR 71/005/2013

Indonesia: Nine more to be executed in Indonesia

Nine people are at risk of execution in Indonesia, as the state has resumed executions. According to the Attorney General's Office, the execution of Adami Wilson ...

29 Apr 2013       Urgent Action       ASA 21/010/2013

Syria: Child held incommunicado in Syria

Sixteen-year-old Ahmed Ismael al-'Akkad, who suffers from asthma, has been held incommunicado in conditions possibly amounting to enforced disappearance since 20 ...

26 Apr 2013       Urgent Action       MDE 24/018/2013