Annual Report 2012
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Report 2011

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Report 2012: No longer business as usual for tyranny and injustice ...
24 May 2012

Amnesty International releases its flagship yearly report documenting the state of the world's human rights.

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Ukraine: Asylum-seekers detained and ill-treated
31 January 2012

Somali and Eritrean asylum-seekers and migrants are on hunger strike in protest against their illegal detention at a Migrant Accommodation Centre in Western Ukraine ...

Urgent Action       EUR 50/001/2012

Ukraine must protect detained asylum-seekers attacked by security ...
31 January 2012

Authorities urged stop the ill-treatment of about 60 Somalis and six Eritreans who had been on hunger strike in protest against their illegal detention.

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Egypt: Eritreans in Egypt at risk of forcible return
2 November 2011

A group of 118 male asylum-seekers face imminent forcible return from Egypt to Eritrea, where they would be at grave risk of torture and arbitrary detention.

Urgent Action       MDE 12/055/2011

Egypt: Eritreans face forcible return from Egypt
19 October 2011

Thirty-four Eritrean men and five Eritrean women currently held in Egypt are at imminent risk of forcible return to Eritrea where they would face a real risk of ...

Urgent Action       MDE 12/052/2011

Eritrea: Prisoners of conscience held for a decade must be ...
16 September 2011

The Eritrean authorities must immediately and unconditionally release 11 prominent politicians, including three former cabinet ministers, who have been held incommunicado ...

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Eritrea: Prisoners of conscience held for a decade must be ...
15 September 2011

Eleven prominent Eritrean politicians have been held incommunicado without charge for 10 years.

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Amnesty International refutes Eritrean allegations | Amnesty ...
9 September 2011

Allegations that Amnesty International has conducted a secret mission to Eritrea are completely unfounded.

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Kenya: Asylum-seekers risk deportation, torture
20 July 2011

A group of seven Eritrean refugees and asylum-seekers are at imminent risk of being forcibly returned to Eritrea by the Kenyan authorities. If returned they would ...

Urgent Action       AFR 32/004/2011

Sudan: Asylum-seekers and refugees risk forcible return
9 June 2011

A group of 12 Eritrean refugees and asylum-seekers are at imminent risk of being forcibly returned to Eritrea by the Sudanese authorities. If returned, they would ...

Urgent Action       AFR 54/019/2011