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Gambia: Anti-death penalty Imam detained in The Gambia: Imam Baba ...
11 December 2012

Imam Baba Leigh has been held in incommunicado detention without charge since 3 December. Imam Baba Leigh publicly decried the August executions of nine death row ...

Urgent Action       AFR 27/014/2012

Letter from President of the World Bank Group
7 December 2012

This letter is a reply to one from non-governmental organizations in which his appointment was welcomed and various concerns were raised. The President acknowledges ...

Open Letter       IOR 80/006/2012

Sudan: Further information: Missing man believed to have been ...
6 December 2012

Omaia Abdel Latif Hassan Omaia has been detained incommunicado since 22 August. He is believed to have been tortured and otherwise ill-treated.

Urgent Action       AFR 54/050/2012

South Africa: Further information: Government responds to shop ...
5 December 2012

Following an Urgent Action in October 2012, the South African government has met with Amnesty International and committed to investigate our concerns about forcible ...

Urgent Action       AFR 53/007/2012

Africa: Africities Summit 2012 – 4-8 December: Media briefing
4 December 2012

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. MEDIA BRIEFING. AI Index: AFR 01/014/2012 4 December 2012. Africities Summit 2012 – 4-8 December. Africities ...

PressItem       AFR 01/014/2012

Africa: Africities Summit: Price of urban development must not be ...
30 November 2012

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL MEDIA ADVISORY. AI Index: AFR 01/016/2012. 30 November 2012. Africities Summit: Price of urban development must not be forced evictions. ...

PressItem       AFR 01/016/2012

Fight against Female Genital Mutilation wins UN backing | Amnesty ...
26 November 2012

The UN General Assembly's human rights committee has given a major boost to civil society organizations fighting for an end to FGM.

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Uganda: Anti-homosexuality bill could pass imminently
26 November 2012

The Ugandan Parliament is preparing to debate a bill which entrenches discrimination and hatred against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. The bill, ...

Urgent Action       AFR 59/008/2012

Democratic Republic of Congo: Letter to the five permanent members ...
23 November 2012

In this letter Amnesty International expresses concerns about the recent worsening of the human rights and humanitarian crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of ...

Open Letter       AFR 62/015/2012

Mozambique: Arbitrary arrest, detention and treatment of detainees ...
22 November 2012

In February 2012, a joint delegation of Amnesty International and the Mozambique Human Rights League visited prisons in Mozambique. They found scores of detainees ...

Report       AFR 41/004/2012