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04 March 2009
Human rights workers Jestina Mukoko and Broderick Takawira have been released after three months in prison. Both were victims of enforced disappearance, unlawful arres
20 January 2009
Questions and answers with Somali human rights activist, Zam Zam Adbullahi.
16 January 2009
A Sudanese opposition leader has been arrested after calling on Sudan's
president to present himself to the International Criminal Court.
06 January 2009
A worker with the United Nations World Food Programme was killed by unidentified gunmen in southern Somalia, highlights the dangerous environment in which journalists
10 December 2008
Human rights groups have called on the Zimbabwe authorities to cease
the persecution of human rights activists after five people were
abducted in less than a week by
06 November 2008
The leaders of Zimbabwean activist movement, Women of Zimbabwe Arise, have been released on bail after three weeks in detention.
20 October 2008
The leaders of Women of Zimbabwe Arise were arrested after leading a peaceful protest of about 200 activists
demanding immediate access to food aid in Zimbabwe.
23 September 2008
The political crisis in Zimbabwe has been characterised by a series of politically-motivated
violations of civil, political, social and economic rights against real
15 August 2008
Nearly 80 organisations, including a number of Amnesty International's
African sections, have come together to show solidarity with the people
of Zimbabwe.
27 June 2008
Voting in Zimbabwe on Friday has been marked by a campaign of state
violence and intimidation in the run up to the presidential election.
18 April 2008
Zimbabweans had little to celebrate on Friday 18 April, the 28th anniversary of their country's independence.
10 April 2008
Opposition parties in Zimbabwe have complained of violence against people perceived to be their supporters.
31 March 2008
Two human rights activists have been released from prison in Ethiopia having been detained since November 2005.
26 March 2008
Opposition groups in Zimbabwe are suffering harassment, intimidation
and discrimination in the run-up to national elections on 29 March.
03 March 2008
Journalists in Somalia are being killed for reporting the truth about
the country's bloody conflict.
01 February 2008
Amnesty International has called for the protection of several Kenyan
human rights activists who have received death threats in the last two
weeks.
24 January 2008
Police assaulted several supporters of Zimbabwe's political
opposition en route to a rally outside Harare city centre on Wednesday.
03 May 2007
2006 was a year in which killings of reporters and media staff reached historic levels. All of society pays the price when journalists are killed with impunity and cen
22 March 2007
About 50 activists were arrested at a public meeting in Zimbabwe on 11 March 2007, in defiance of a three-month ban imposed by the authorities.
