Central Africa

Chad: UN Security Council must work to ensure further extension of ...
12 March 2010

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: AFR 20/004/2010. 12 March 2010. Chad: UN Security Council must work to ensure further ...

PublicStatement       AFR 20/004/2010

Gambia: human rights defender detained in Gambia
12 March 2010

The founder and Director of a Gambian human rights organization, Edwin Nebolisa Nwakaeme, is being held in detention and is at risk of a six-month prison sentence ...

Urgent Action       AFR 27/002/2010

Togo: Political activists arrested, risk torture
12 March 2010

More than a dozen political activists arrested around the time of the Togolese presidential election, which saw Faure Gnassingbé reelected, are at risk of torture ...

Urgent Action       AFR 57/001/2010

Rwanda: Politician arrested, risks ill-treatment: Deogratias ...
10 March 2010

Rwandan politician Deogratias Mushayidi has been detained since 5 March. He has been allowed no contact with his lawyer, and he is at risk of ill-treatment.

Urgent Action       AFR 47/001/2010

Guinea: Further information: Six soldiers released, four still ...
10 March 2010

Six of the soldiers held without charge in Guinea were released in January and February. The four still detained remain at risk of torture or other ill-treatment ...

Urgent Action       AFR 29/005/2010

Somalia: No end in sight: The ongoing suffering of Somalia’s ...
9 March 2010

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL MEDIA ADVISORY 9 March 2010. AFR 52/006/2010. No end in sight: The ongoing suffering of Somalia’s civilians. ...

PressItem       AFR 52/006/2010

Somalia: Protecting the rights of Somali Internally Displaced ...
9 March 2010

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. 9 March 2010. AI Index: AFR 52/005/2010. Somalia: Protecting the rights of Somali Internally Displaced People (IDPs). ...

PublicStatement       AFR 52/005/2010

Sudan: Anniversary of the closure of national human rights ...
4 March 2010

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: AFR 54/008/2010. 4 March 2010. Sudan: Anniversary of the closure of national human rights organisations. ...

PublicStatement       AFR 54/008/2010

Sudan: Abolish the flogging of women
1 March 2010

SUDAN: ABOLISH THE FLOGGING OF WOMEN. Amnesty International is a global movement of 2.2 million people in more than 150 countries ...

Document       AFR 54/005/2010

Sudan: Abolish the flogging of women in Sudan
1 March 2010

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. 1 March 2010. AFR 54/007/2010. Sudan: Abolish the flogging of women in Sudan. Amnesty International ...

PublicStatement       AFR 54/007/2010