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Guatemala: Police involvement in killings in Guatemala
15 December 2009

Killings by members of the police, or by clandestine groups in which former or serving members of the police are believed to be involved, continue to be reported ...

Report       AMR 34/010/2009

Saudi Arabia must not flog 75-year-old woman | Amnesty ...
15 December 2009

Khamisa Mohammed Sawadi and two younger men, face up to 40 lashes and imprisonment for being in the company of members of the opposite sex who are not close relatives ...

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Syria: Trial of Kurds likely to be a “parody of justice” ...
15 December 2009

Amnesty International called for Syria's Supreme State Security Court (SSSC) to be abolished as the trial of five members of the Kurdish minority resumed today.

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Libya: Guarantee rights of Swiss nationals caught-up in diplomatic ...
15 December 2009

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: MDE 19/007/2009. 15 December 2009. Libya: Guarantee rights of Swiss nationals caught-up in diplomatic dispute ...

Document       MDE 19/007/2009

Guatemala: Allegations of police killings must be investigated ...
15 December 2009

Amnesty International has condemned the failure of the Guatemalan authorities to thoroughly investigate extra-judicial killings in which police officers have been ...

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Allegations of police killings in Guatemala must be investigated ...
15 December 2009

In a new report, Amnesty International says that killings by police officers, often of young people who have eithera criminal record or are suspected of involvement ...

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China: Risk of torture for 17-year old in China
15 December 2009

Noor-Ul-Islam Sherbaz, a 17-year old boy, has been held incommunicado since 27 July in Urumqi, capital of the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR) in western ...

Urgent Action       ASA 17/071/2009

Cambodia: Open letter on Uighur asylum seekers in Cambodia
15 December 2009

Document       ASA 23/023/2009

Nepal: Further information: Police fail to arrest Nepalese army ...
15 December 2009

Army Major Niranjan Basnet has not been arrested on his return to Nepal. Despite instructions from the Prime Minister that he be arrested, military police escorted ...

Urgent Action       ASA 31/012/2009

Trial of Kurds in Syria likely to be a 'parody of justice' ...
15 December 2009

The trial of five men accused of belonging to an unauthorized political party resumes at the Supreme State Security Court this week. The court does not operate ...

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