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Libya: Amnesty International welcomes the release of Hisham Ben ...

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI index: MDE 19/003/2013. 8 April 2013. Amnesty International welcomes the release of Hisham Ben Khayal. ...

8 Apr 2013       Public Statement       MDE 19/003/2013

Mexico: Human rights organization attacked in Mexico

The office of a human rights organization in Chihuahua in northern Mexico has been attacked. This could be connected to their work on human rights and the staff's ...

8 Apr 2013       Urgent Action       AMR 41/017/2013

India: Arrested theatre activists at risk of torture

Theatre activists Sheetal Sathe and Sachin Mali were arrested on 2 April 2013 on various charges, including criminal conspiracy and being part of a banned organization ...

5 Apr 2013       Urgent Action       ASA 20/016/2013

Mexico: Further information: Threats due to wind farm opposition ...

Human rights organization and activists continue to be threatened and harassed believed to be as a result of their opposition to the construction of a wind farm ...

5 Apr 2013       Urgent Action       AMR 41/016/2013

Bahrain: Further information: Juveniles sentenced in trial ...

Two boys, Jehad Sadeq Aziz Salman and Ebrahim Ahmed Radi al-Moqdad were sentenced to 10 years imprisonment on 4 April 2013. Three male adults were also sentenced ...

5 Apr 2013       Urgent Action       MDE 11/009/2013

Indian prisoners at risk of imminent execution

The Indian President has rejected the mercy petitions of at least seven people, putting them at risk of imminent execution. The government has not, however, disclosed ...

5 Apr 2013       Urgent Action       ASA 20/017/2013

Colombia: Further Information: Trade unionists receive more death ...

Several trade unionists in the mining industry have received further death threats from Colombian paramilitaries.

4 Apr 2013       Urgent Action       AMR 23/016/2013

Europe: Human Rights Here, Roma Rights Now (Photo exhibition)

Roma across Europe – 6 million of them living in the European Union – are the largest and most disadvantaged minority in the region. ...

4 Apr 2013       Document       EUR 01/005/2013

Europe: Human Rights Here, Roma Rights Now

In this campaign flyer, Amnesty International urges people to join its global appeal calling on the European Commission, the executive body of the EU, to take decisive ...

4 Apr 2013       Document       EUR 01/003/2013

Europe: The rhetoric and reality of Roma rights: Op-Ed

As “International Roma Day” is celebrated, one of Europe's largest ethnic minorities faces increasingly widespread discrimination, racially-motivated violence, ...

4 Apr 2013       PressItem       EUR 01/009/2013