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Lebanon: Amnesty International condemns attack on civilians

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. 22 nd December 2009. AI Index: MDE 18/010/2009. Lebanon: Amnesty International condemns attack on civilians. ...

22 Dec 2009       Document       MDE 18/010/2009

Mexico: Environmental campaigner threatened

Armando Mendoza Ponce, a 65-year-old male environmental campaigner in Mexico, was threatened with death and other campaigners had stones thrown at them while they ...

22 Dec 2009       Urgent Action       AMR 41/066/2009

Viet Nam: Further information: Ill Catholic priest returned to ...

Prisoner of conscience Father Nguyen Van Ly was returned to prison from hospital on 11 December: he had not fully recovered from a stroke. He is partially paralysed ...

21 Dec 2009       Urgent Action       ASA 41/011/2009

Syria: Kurdish lawyer detained, risks torture

Kurdish lawyer Mustafa Ismail was detained on 12 December 2009 and has been held incommunicado since then. He is at risk of torture and other ill-treatment.

21 Dec 2009       Urgent Action       MDE 24/038/2009

Greece: Amnesty International calls on the government to create a ...

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. 21 December 2009. AI Index: EUR 25/011/2009. Greece: Amnesty International calls on the government ...

21 Dec 2009       Document       EUR 25/011/2009

Mongolia: 'Where should I go from here?': The legacy of the 1 July ...

‘WHERESHOULD IGOFROMHERE?’ THELEGACYOFTHE 1JULY2008RIOTINMONGOLIA. AmnestyInternationalisaglobalmovementof2.2millionpeopleinmorethan ...

18 Dec 2009       Report       ASA 30/003/2009

Tunisia: Jailed journalist must get medical treatment

Tunisian Journalist Taoufik Ben Brik, in jail on politically motivated charges, is in urgent need of specialist medical care, without which his life may be in danger ...

18 Dec 2009       Urgent Action       MDE 30/022/2009

Brazil: Justice close for 800 families in Brazil

The families who suffered a violent forced eviction in August from the Olga Benário settlement in the south of São Paulo, have won a major victory in their long ...

18 Dec 2009       Urgent Action       AMR 19/021/2009

Cote d'Ivoire: Open letter to the Ivorian Minister of Justice

18 Dec 2009       Document       AFR 31/003/2009

Iran: Iranian student leader at risk of torture

Student leader Majid Tavakkoli was arrested on 7 December 2009 after a demonstration. His whereabouts are unknown and he is at risk of torture or other ill-treatment ...

18 Dec 2009       Urgent Action       MDE 13/131/2009