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Amnesty International  Report 2013


 
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Democratic Republic of the Congo: Profits and loss: Mining and ...
19 June 2013

The Democratic Republic of the Congo has some of the world's most important mineral reserves. For more than a decade the extraction of these resources has been ...

Report       AFR 62/001/2013

Sudan: Further information: 14 women released, 20 still detained ...
14 June 2013

Fourteen women held in El Obeid Prison, in Sudan's Northern Kordofan State, were released on 26 April 2013, but have been told that they may be charged in the future ...

Urgent Action       AFR 54/012/2013

'Making Love a Crime: The criminalization of same-sex conduct in ...
13 June 2013

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. DIARY NOTE. AI index: AFR 01/010/2013. 13 June 2013. 'Making Love a Crime: The criminalization of same-sex conduct in sub-Saharan Africa' ...

PressItem       AFR 01/010/2013

Sudan: 'We had no time to bury them': War crimes in Sudan's Blue ...
11 June 2013

Nearly two years after the outbreak of war between Sudanese government and rebel forces in Sudan's Blue Nile state in September 2011, the government's onslaught ...

Report       AFR 54/011/2013

Guinea: Concerns about impunity for excessive use of force
11 June 2013

ACAT–AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. 11 June 2013. AI Index: AFR 29/001/2013. Guinea: Concerns about impunity for excessive use of force. ...

Public Statement       AFR 29/001/2013

Mali: Preliminary findings of a four-week mission: Serious human ...
7 June 2013

Five months after the launch of the French and Malian military offensive to recover the north of the country occupied by armed groups, human rights violations committed ...

Report       AFR 37/004/2013

Israel: Deportations of asylum-seekers must stop
7 June 2013

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. Index: MDE 15/005/2013. 7 June 2013. Israel: Deportations of asylum-seekers must stop. In the ...

Public Statement       MDE 15/005/2013

Mali: Amnesty International welcomes investigation into human ...
6 June 2013

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: AFR 37/005/2013. 6 June 2013. Amnesty International welcomes investigation into human ...

Public Statement       AFR 37/005/2013

Eritrea: UN Human Rights Council: Interactive Dialogue with ...
4 June 2013

Arbitrary arrest and detention without charge have been used on a vast scale in Eritrea to silence all dissent and to punish anyone who refuses to comply with the ...

Document       AFR 64/005/2013

Eritrea: Joint Open Letter to the UN Human Rights Council - RE ...
31 May 2013

To: Permanent Representatives to the UN Human Rights Council. 31 May 2013. RE: Renewal of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on human rights in Eritrea. ...

Open Letter       AFR 64/004/2013