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UK House of Lords to vote on 42-day detention | Amnesty ...
13 October 2008

The House of Lords in the UK is expected to vote on Monday on proposalsthat would allow the period of pre-charge detention in terrorism casesto be extended.

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Video: Protest launches tour against enforced disappearance in ...
3 September 2008

Amnesty International called on the Pakistan government to reveal thefate and whereabouts of hundreds of disappeared people, amidinternational protests to mark

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Europe and Central Asia: Summary of Amnesty International’s ...
2 September 2008

This bulletin contains information about Amnesty International’s main concerns in Europe and Central Asia between July and December 2007. Not every country in the ...

Report       EUR 01/001/2008

UK: Government must provide information about rendition ...
29 August 2008

Amnesty International calls on the government of the UK to givethe lawyers for Binyam Mohamed, a former UK resident imprisoned atGuantánamo Bay, information.

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United Kingdom: Further information on health concern: Mahmoud Abu ...
13 August 2008

Palestinian refugee Mahmoud Abu Rideh, who is the subject of a "control order" imposed by the UK government, was discharged from hospital on 7 July 2008. However ...

Urgent Action       EUR 45/014/2008

UN Human Rights Council Eighth Session, 2-18 June 2008 ...
18 July 2008

The statements in this document were made during the eighth main session of the Human Rights Council that took place from 2 to 18 June 2008.

Report       IOR 41/034/2008

United Kingdom: Amnesty International’s briefing on the Counter ...
3 July 2008

Amnesty International regrets that many of the concerns expressed in briefings on the Bills that subsequently became the Terrorism Act 2000; the Anti-Terrorism, ...

Report       EUR 45/010/2008

The wire, July 2008. Vol. 38, No. 6
1 July 2008

The wire, July 2008. Vol. 38, No. 6

Newsletter       NWS 21/006/2008

the wire, July 2008. Vol. 38, No. 6
1 July 2008

1) State of denial: Europe's role in rendition and secret detention 2) Migrants attacked in South Africa 3) China's human rights record overshadows Olympic spectacle ...

Newsletter       NWS 21/006/2008

UK: Briefing to the Human Rights Committee
25 June 2008

Amnesty International is submitting this briefing to the UN Human Rights Committee in advance of its consideration of the UK’s sixth periodic report on the implementation ...

Report       EUR 45/011/2008