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Republic of Congo: Further Update: Teachers freed, strike leaders ...
29 April 2013

Two teachers in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, detained for a week in connection with an ongoing strike, have now been released without charge. However leaders ...

Urgent Action       AFR 22/002/2013

Somalia: Human Rights Agenda for the Post-Transition Somali ...
25 April 2013

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI index: AFR 52/007/2013. 25 April 2013. Human Rights Agenda for the Post-Transition Somali Government. ...

Public Statement       AFR 52/007/2013

Burundi: Further information: Journalists at risk from restrictive ...
25 April 2013

A draft press law which would severely limit the activities of journalists has been adopted by the Burundian Senate and is expected to be promulgated by the President ...

Urgent Action       AFR 16/002/2013

Republic of Congo: Teachers held without charge over strike
24 April 2013

Two teachers were arrested in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, on 18 and 19 April, in connection with an ongoing peaceful strike that began on 25 February. They ...

Urgent Action       AFR 22/001/2013

Mauritania: Submission to the UN Committee against Torture
22 April 2013

In this briefing Amnesty International highlights the systematic use of torture and other ill-treatment as a method of investigation by security forces during the ...

Report       AFR 38/001/2013

Burundi: Journalists at risk from restrictive new law
18 April 2013

A draft press law which would severely limit the activities of journalists is soon to be debated by the Burundian Senate. It could make journalists criminally liable ...

Urgent Action       AFR 16/001/2013

The Gambia: Life on death row: 'They had no idea they were going ...
18 April 2013

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL FEATURE 18 April 2013. AI Index: AFR 27/002/2013 Life on death row: 'They had no idea they were ...

PressItem       AFR 27/002/2013

Sudan: Civilians caught in unending crisis in Southern Kordofan
17 April 2013

The armed conflict in Sudan's Southern Kordofan state between the Sudanese government and armed opposition group, the Sudan Peoples' Liberation Army-North, continues ...

Report       AFR 54/009/2013

Chad: Further information: Jean Laokolé charged and awaiting ...
16 April 2013

Writer and humanitarian worker Jean Laokolé was transferred to the Am Sinene detention centre in the Chadian capital, N'Djamena, on 25 March. He had been detained ...

Urgent Action       AFR 20/002/2013

Angola: Families forcibly evicted and left homeless
15 April 2013

On Tuesday 9 April, scores of families were forcibly evicted and had their homes demolished by city authorities in Menongue city, Angola. Thousands more in the ...

Urgent Action       AFR 12/004/2013