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Palestinian Authority: Human rights defender denied medical care

Saed Yassin, a male Palestinian human rights defender, has been detained without proper judicial process by the Palestinian Authority in the Occupied Palestinian ...

16 Dec 2009       Urgent Action       MDE 21/005/2009

Venezuela: Fears for family and colleagues after killing

Human rights defender Mijail Martínez was shot dead on 26 November in Venezuela. He was working on a documentary film that featured the stories of people who have ...

16 Dec 2009       Urgent Action       AMR 53/008/2009

Guatemala: Implicación de la policía en homicidios en Guatemala.

Guatemala: Implicación de la policía en homicidios en Guatemala.

15 Dec 2009       Report       AMR 34/010/2009

Venezuela: Family at risk after killing

The lives of Oscar Barrios' family are in danger. He and his family have been subjected to a campaign of intimidation from police officers in northern Venezuela ...

15 Dec 2009       Urgent Action       AMR 53/007/2009

Guatemala: Police involvement in killings in Guatemala

Killings by members of the police, or by clandestine groups in which former or serving members of the police are believed to be involved, continue to be reported ...

15 Dec 2009       Report       AMR 34/010/2009

Libya: Guarantee rights of Swiss nationals caught-up in diplomatic ...

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: MDE 19/007/2009. 15 December 2009. Libya: Guarantee rights of Swiss nationals caught-up in diplomatic dispute ...

15 Dec 2009       Document       MDE 19/007/2009

China: Risk of torture for 17-year old in China

Noor-Ul-Islam Sherbaz, a 17-year old boy, has been held incommunicado since 27 July in Urumqi, capital of the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR) in western ...

15 Dec 2009       Urgent Action       ASA 17/071/2009

Cambodia: Open letter on Uighur asylum seekers in Cambodia

15 Dec 2009       Document       ASA 23/023/2009

Turkey: Constitutional Court rules in favour of closure of pro ...

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: EUR 44/007/2009. 14 December 2009. Turkey: Constitutional Court rules in favour of ...

14 Dec 2009       Document       EUR 44/007/2009

Saudi Arabia: Further information: Flogging of elderly woman may ...

According to a report in the al-Riyadh newspaper, the Saudi Arabian Minister of Interior has ordered that sentences of flogging and imprisonment imposed on a 75 ...

14 Dec 2009       Urgent Action       MDE 23/037/2009