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China: Sustaining conflict and human rights abuses: The flow of ...
10 June 2006

Over the last twenty years, China has transferred military, security and police equipment to armed forces and law enforcement agencies in countries where these ...

Report       ASA 17/030/2006

World Cup statistics (WEB TEXT)
8 June 2006

With the football World Cup starting this week, we have a different set of statistics: violence against women is being played out in battlefields, bedrooms and ...

Report       ACT 77/010/2006

Australia: Stop proposals that will punish asylum seekers in ...
25 April 2006

On 13 April the Australian Government announced harsh changes which, if passed in parliament, will result in punishing asylum seekers arriving by boat. The proposed ...

ActionDocument       ASA 12/001/2006

Australia: One step forward - two steps back Amnesty International ...
25 April 2006

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. Public Statement. AI Index: ASA 12/002/2006 (Public). News Service No: 108. 26 April 2006. Australia: One step forward – two steps back. ...

Press Release       ASA 12/002/2006

Australia: Follow up on Stop proposals that will punish asylum ...
25 April 2006

On 13 April the Australian Government announced harsh changes which, if passed in parliament, will result in punishing asylum seekers arriving by boat. The proposed ...

ActionDocument       ASA 12/005/2006

Take action and win prizes with Make Some Noise (Web text)
27 February 2006

WEB TEXT AI Index: ACT 30/006/2006. 27 February 2006. Take action and win prizes with Make Some Noise. "What do I hope for? That we are not forgotten. ...

Report       ACT 30/006/2006

International Criminal Court: Declarations amounting to prohibited ...
24 November 2005

Although Article 120 of the Rome Statute provides that no reservations may be made to the Statute, unilateral declarations which specify or clarify the meaning ...

Report       IOR 40/032/2005

The Wire, August 2005. Vol. 35, No.7.
31 July 2005

1) Mass forced evictions in Zimbabwe continue 2) Japan's 'comfort women' demand public apology 3) Uganda's 'night commuters' seek protection from abduction 4) Asylum ...

Newsletter       NWS 21/007/2005

Australia: The impact of indefinite detention: the case to change ...
29 June 2005

In this report Amnesty International focuses on Australia's mandatory detention policy, and in particular how it has allowed for prolonged and indefinite detention ...

Report       ASA 12/001/2005

Australia: Detention regime in breach of international human ...
28 June 2005

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PRESS RELEASE. AI Index: ASA 12/003/2005 (Public). News Service No: 178. 29 June 2005. Embargo Date: 29 June 2005 22:00GMT. ...

Press Release       ASA 12/003/2005