Africa

Guinea Bissau: Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review ...
2 November 2009

In this submission, Amnesty International provides information as stipulated in the General Guidelines for the Preparation of Information under the Universal Periodic ...

Report       AFR 30/007/2009

Guinea: Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review: Eighth ...
2 November 2009

In this submission, Amnesty International provides information as stipulated in the General Guidelines for the Preparation of Information under the Universal Periodic ...

Report       AFR 29/007/2009

Nigeria: Rivers State government set to demolish more homes ...
2 November 2009

Amnesty International today warned hundreds of people – including many women and children – may be left homeless tomorrow morning if plans to demolish their homes ...

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International Criminal Court: The contribution Africa can make to ...
29 October 2009

In this paper, Amnesty International urges African states parties to renew the strong support that they gave to the proposal more than a decade ago to establish ...

Report       AFR 01/017/2009

Sudan: Death row prisoner bore marks of torture | Amnesty ...
28 October 2009

Amnesty International today said the Sudanese government was responsible for the death and ill-treatment of a prisoner who died from tuberculosis in police custody ...

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Death row prisoner in Sudan bore marks of torture | Amnesty ...
28 October 2009

Amnesty International said that the Sudanese governmentwas responsible for the death and ill-treatment of Ahmed Suleiman Sulman, who diedfrom tuberculosis in police ...

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African governments must pressure Zimbabwe on human rights ...
28 October 2009

Amnesty International has warned that Zimbabwe is on the brink ofsliding back into the post-election violence that marred the countrylast year.

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African governments must pressure Zimbabwe on human rights ...
28 October 2009

Amnesty International today warned that Zimbabwe is on the brink of sliding back into the post-election violence that marred the country last year, risking undermining ...

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Sierra Leone: Special Court renders final judgment in RUF case ...
26 October 2009

Today’s decision by the Special Court for Sierra Leone to uphold theconvictions of three former senior leaders of the Revolutionary UnitedFront (RUF) is a positive ...

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Sierra Leone Special Court renders final judgment in RUF case ...
26 October 2009

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