Africa

Kenya: Post-election violence suspects must be brought to justice ...
6 November 2009

The Kenyan government has failed to implement a fair and credible judicial process to try those accused of carrying out human rights violations, including possible ...

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Scores made homeless by house demolitions in Nigeria | Amnesty ...
6 November 2009

Scores of Nigerians lost their homes on Friday morning when Riversstate authorities began bulldozing buildings in Port Harcourt, AmnestyInternational has learned ...

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Kenya's post-election violence suspects must be brought to justice ...
6 November 2009

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Zimbabwe: Zimbabwean trade unionist under threat
6 November 2009

The home of 48-year-old Gertrude Hambira, a prominent female trade union activist in Zimbabwe, was attacked by three armed men on 3 November. Gertrude Hambira is ...

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Côte d'Ivoire authorities must ensure toxic waste compensation ...
5 November 2009

Amnesty International has urged that $45 million compensation paid by an oil trading company tovictims of one of the worst toxic dumping scandals in recent yearsmust ...

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Côte d’Ivoire: Authorities must ensure toxic waste compensation ...
5 November 2009

Amnesty International today urged the authorities in Côte d’Ivoire to ensure that $45 million compensation paid by an oil trading company to victims of one of the ...

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Africa: Governments must reaffirm commitment to International ...
4 November 2009

Amnesty International today urged African government representatives meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to reaffirm their support for the International Criminal Court ...

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African governments must reaffirm commitment to International ...
4 November 2009

Government representatives meeting in Addis Ababa have been urged by Amnesty International to clearly state they would prevent anyofficials accused of genocide, ...

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Four Tanzanians sentenced to death for killing an albino man ...
3 November 2009

Amnesty International has welcomed the government's efforts to bring the killers to justice but has said that it deplores the use of the death penalty.

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Demolition set to leave hundreds homeless in Nigeria | Amnesty ...
3 November 2009

Hundreds of people have been forced from their homes to make way for acommercial development in Rivers State, Nigeria, Amnesty Internationalhas learned.

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