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Human Rights in HASHEMITE KINGDOM OF JORDAN

Jordan: Investigate use of force against Iranian Kurdish Refugees
21 June 2006

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PRESS RELEASE. AI Index: MDE 16/007/2006 (Public). News Service No: 161. 22 June 2006. Jordan: Investigate use ...

Press Release       MDE 16/007/2006

Jordan: Amnesty International calls for investigation into alleged ...
3 May 2006

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. Public Statement. AI Index: MDE 16/004/2006 (Public). News Service No: 113. 4 May 2006. Jordan: Amnesty International ...

Press Release       MDE 16/004/2006

2006 Elections to the Human Rights Council: Background information ...
30 April 2006

In order to assist Member States in assessing the contribution and commitment of candidates to the promotion and protection of human rights, this document contains ...

Report       IOR 41/006/2006

The secretive and illegal US programme of 'rendition' | Amnesty ...
5 April 2006

Salah 'Ali Qaru finally emerged free from detention around midnight on 27 March. In nearly three years, the 27-year-old Yemeni was tortured in Jordan, flown from ...

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UK government’s 'war on terror' policies put people at risk of ...
22 February 2006

UK residents Jamil al-Banna, a Jordanian national, and Bisher al-Rawi, an Iraqi national, were arrested in Gambia in 2002, transferred to a US base in Afghanistan ...

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Death Penalty News: January 2006
1 January 2006

1.) Iran executes eight juvenile offenders in 2005; 2.) USA: More than 1000 executions since 1977; 3.) International events; 4.) Liberia abolishes the death penalty ...

Newsletter       ACT 53/001/2006

Conference Report | Amnesty International
30 November 2005

'The Global Struggle Against Torture: Guantánamo Bay, Bagram and Beyond', 19-21 November 2005.

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Jordan: Attacks by armed groups show utter disregard for humanity
10 November 2005

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PRESS RELEASE. News Flash. AI Index: MDE 16/007/2005 (Public). News Service No: 302. 10 November 2005. Jordan: Attacks ...

Press Release       MDE 16/007/2005

United States of America / Yemen: Secret Detention in CIA "Black ...
8 November 2005

This report documents the cases of three Yemeni nationals who had "disappeared" in 2003 and who had been kept in isolation in a series of secret detention centres ...

Report       AMR 51/177/2005

United Kingdom: Deportation of terror suspects
19 October 2005

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. Media Briefing. AI Index: EUR 45/046/2005 (Public). News Service No: 283. 20 October 2005. United Kingdom: Deportation of terror suspects ...

Press Release       EUR 45/046/2005