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European countries urged to hold former Guatemalan officials to ...
4 September 2012

More progress is needed in a cross-border investigation into former officials accused of extrajudicial executions in Guatemala.

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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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Europe: Choice and prejudice: a summary: Discrimination against ...
24 April 2012

Muslims across Europe belong to many different ethnic groups and follow diverse cultural, religious or traditional practices. They are discriminated against for ...

Report       EUR 01/002/2012

Europe: Choice and prejudice: Discrimination against Muslims in ...
24 April 2012

Muslims across Europe belong to many different ethnic groups and follow diverse cultural, religious or traditional practices. They are discriminated against for ...

Report       EUR 01/001/2012

Switzerland: The 'Deportation Initiative' cannot override ...
28 November 2010

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index EUR 43/002/2010. 28 November 2010. Switzerland: The 'Deportation Initiative' cannot ...

Public Statement       EUR 43/002/2010

Amnesty International | Swiss deportation referendum success puts ...
28 November 2010

Amnesty International urges the Swiss authorities at all levels not to enforce the deportation of foreigners convicted of certain criminal offences if this will ...

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Switzerland: Asylum-seeker risks deportation, torture: Saeed Ali ...
20 April 2010

Yemeni asylum-seeker Saeed Ali Shamrookh is at imminent risk of deportation from Switzerland to Yemen, where he would be at risk of torture and other ill-treatment ...

Urgent Action       EUR 43/001/2010

Swiss businessman held in Libya on politically motivated charges ...
23 February 2010

Max Goeldi, who began serving a four month prison sentence this week, is thought to be a pawn in a diplomatic row between the two countries.

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Amnesty International | Switzerland votes against religious ...
29 November 2009

Amnesty International deeply regrets the choice of Swiss voters todayto introduce a ban on the construction of minarets into the constitution.

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