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Sri Lanka: Impunity persists for crimes under international law as ...
12 February 2013

Document       ASA 37/004/2013

China: Further information: Chen Guangcheng's nephew sentenced
8 February 2013

Chen Kegui, nephew of Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng, was sentenced to three years and three months imprisonment in November 2012. His family was ...

Urgent Action       ASA 17/008/2013

India: Farmers at risk of forced eviction in India
8 February 2013

An estimated 1500 families in Jagatsinghpur district in Odisha state are under threat of being forcibly evicted from common land used for farming. On 3 February ...

Urgent Action       ASA 20/005/2013

Chinese activist at risk of prosecution: Zhu Chengzhi
7 February 2013

Chinese prisoner of conscience Zhu Chengzhi was moved to his own home to continue his “residential surveillance” term after being held at an unknown location since ...

Urgent Action       ASA 17/001/2013

Indonesia: Authorities must ensure accountability for police ...
31 January 2013

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. Index: ASA 21/003/2013. 31 January 2013. Indonesia: Authorities must ensure accountability ...

Public Statement       ASA 21/003/2013

Cambodia: Further information: Cambodian human rights defenders ...
30 January 2013

Two Cambodian women human rights defenders were convicted on baseless charges in separate trials on 26/27 December 2012. Yorm Bopha was sentenced to three years ...

Urgent Action       ASA 23/001/2013

Sri Lanka: Further information: Two students released from ...
29 January 2013

On 22 January, students Sanmugam Solaman and V. Bhavananadan were released from detention in a “Rehabilitation” centre in Welikanda by the Terrorist Investigation ...

Urgent Action       ASA 37/002/2013

Chinese woman faces imminent execution: Li Yan
24 January 2013

A Chinese woman who killed her husband after suffering months of domestic violence is at imminent risk of execution, after exhausting all her appeals.

Urgent Action       ASA 17/007/2013

Lao citizen abducted, not seen or heard from: Sombath Somphone
18 January 2013

Respected member of Lao civil society Sombath Somphone – well known for his work promoting education and sustainable development – was taken away in a truck by ...

Urgent Action       ASA 26/001/2013

Indonesia: Further information: Shi'as at risk of forced ...
15 January 2013

The authorities have threatened to relocate a Shi'a community by force, in March. The community are living in temporary shelter in East Java, in deteriorating conditions ...

Urgent Action       ASA 21/002/2013