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World Cup statistics (WEB TEXT)
8 June 2006

With the football World Cup starting this week, we have a different set of statistics: violence against women is being played out in battlefields, bedrooms and ...

Report       ACT 77/010/2006

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 G8: global arms exporters: Failing to prevent irresponsible ...
12 April 2006

This report is a slightly updated version of POL 30/007/2005 - a joint publication from Amnesty International, IANSA and Oxfam, uses case studies to illustrate ...

Report       POL 30/011/2006

The Wire, April 2006. Vol. 36, No.3.
31 March 2006

1) Forced evictions shatter lives in Zimbabwe 2) Civilians live in fear in southern Thailand 3) Sufi Muslim protesters attacked in Iran 4) Albanian police official ...

Newsletter       NWS 21/003/2006

UK: Deepcut and beyond - high time for a public inquiry
27 March 2006

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. Public Statement. AI Index: EUR 45/008/2006 (Public). News Service No: 079. 28 March 2006. UK: Deepcut and beyond ...

Press Release       EUR 45/008/2006

E-Magazine: Issue 1: Guantánamo: Four years is too long (Web ...
8 March 2006

In the main article of this web update Amnesty International again calls for the US detention centre at Guantánamo Bay to be closed. The detainees there, numbering ...

Report       ACT 40/014/2006

Iraq: Beyond Abu Ghraib: Detention and torture in Iraq
6 March 2006

In this report, Amnesty International focuses on human rights violations for which the US-led Multinational Force is directly responsible and those which are being ...

Report       MDE 14/001/2006

UK: Human rights: a broken promise
23 February 2006

Since 11 September 2001, the UK authorities have passed a series of new "anti-terrorism" laws. Amnesty International is concerned that the UK government has successfully ...

Report       EUR 45/004/2006

UK: Government's "war on terror" policies put people at risk of ...
23 February 2006

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PRESS RELEASE. AI Index: EUR 45/005/2006 (Public). News Service No: 045. 23 February 2006. Embargo Date: 23 February 2006 09:00GMT. ...

Press Release       EUR 45/005/2006

Letter to the President-in-Office of the EU: Subject - Amnesty ...
23 February 2006

In this letter, Amnesty International draws the attention of the President-in-Office of the European Union to the report "Human Rights: a broken promise" which ...

Report       IOR 61/007/2006