Annual Report 2013
The state of the world's human rights

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14 December 2012

Prosecutors must not rest until those who ordered Anna Politkovskaya's murder are brought to justice.

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10 December 2012

A march to commemorate International Human Rights Day in Republika Srpska has been banned by police.

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07 December 2012

A Turkish court has acquitted four men on trial for their participation in a protest in support of a conscientious objector.

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07 December 2012

Art work conceived by Art for Amnesty and supported by musicians such as Bono and Sting to be unveiled at Prague's recently renamed Václav Havel Airport.

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23 November 2012

Tajikistan has ordered one NGO to be shut down in what appears to be a politically motivated case, while two other NGOs are also facing immediate sanctions.

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22 November 2012

The Kazakhstani authorities must not use “extremism” as a pretext to muzzle freedom of the press.

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20 November 2012

European countries should take further steps to protect trans people from violence that has left in excess of 1,000 dead worldwide in the past four years,

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16 November 2012

The Greek authorities must drop all charges against a play's organizers, producers and cast who have been accused of blasphemy.

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01 November 2012

The Greek authorities must uphold the right to freedom of expression, Amnesty International said, following the prosecution of journalist Kostas Vaxevanis.

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25 October 2012

In countries across Europe, excessive use of force by police against protesters goes uninvestigated and unpunished.

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10 October 2012

A decision to conditionally release one member of Pussy Riot is only a half-measure in achieving justice, Amnesty International said.


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05 October 2012

Top-selling artists Rihanna and Shakira should bear in mind the human rights abuses being inflicted on the people of Azerbaijan before they perform there.

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02 October 2012

Two prison guards and a prison director have been given life in prison for torturing political activist Engin Çeber to death in a Turkish prison in October 2008.

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01 October 2012

Another Azerbaijani youth activist has been detained as part of a post-Eurovision crackdown on dissent.

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20 September 2012

Belarusian authorities are attempting to suppress opposition voices ahead of upcoming elections.

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17 August 2012

A Russian court's decision today to jail members of the punk rock protest band Pussy Riot is a bitter blow for freedom of expression in the country.

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25 July 2012

Members of the band will stay in pre-trial custody for six more months after singing a protest song in Moscow’s main Orthodox church in February.

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24 July 2012

A Belarus photographer faces seven years in prison after posting pictures of a pro-free speech stunt involving teddy bears

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20 July 2012

Members of the Russian punk band 'Pussy Riot' have been jailed for six more months after performing an anti-Putin protest song in a church.

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14 July 2012

Authorities urged to end impunity for the murder of human rights activists in the North Caucasus, three years after the killing of Natalia Estemirova.

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