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Ethiopia: Further information: Canadian citizen sentenced to life ...
3 August 2009

Bashir Makhtal, who has Canadian citizenship, was sentenced to life imprisonment on 3 August 2009, in Ethiopia. He had been convicted of four terror-related charges ...

Urgent Action       AFR 25/006/2009

Africa; Towards a moratorium on executions in Africa
1 August 2009

TOWARDS A MORATORIUM ON EXECUTIONS IN AFRICA. African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights resolution calling on state parties ...

Document       AFR 01/009/2009

The Wire, August/September 2009. Vol. 39, issue 004
1 August 2009

1) A wound that never heals: International Day of the Disappeared 2) Algeria: Long wait for justice 3) Livewire: Seeking justice at the UN Human Rights Council; ...

Newsletter       NWS 21/004/2009

Nigeria: Killings by security forces in Northern Nigeria
31 July 2009

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: AFR 44/028/2009. 31 July 2009. Nigeria: Killings by security forces in Northern Nigeria. ...

Document       AFR 44/028/2009

Nigeria: New petroleum law must include stronger protection for ...
31 July 2009

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: AFR 44/029/2009. 31 July 2009. Nigeria: New petroleum law must include stronger protection ...

Document       AFR 44/029/2009

Democratic Republic of Congo: Leading DRC Human Rights Defender ...
30 July 2009

A prominent human rights defender has been detained as prisoner of conscience since 24 July in the south-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). His organization ...

Urgent Action       AFR 62/013/2009

Ethiopia: Canadian citizen could be sentenced to death
30 July 2009

Bashir Makhtal, an Ethiopian-born Canadian citizen, was found guilty of terror-related charges on 27 July 2009 amid concerns of an unfair trial in Addis Ababa, ...

Urgent Action       AFR 25/005/2009

Guinea: Twelve detained soldiers threatened
29 July 2009

Twelve male soldiers have been detained without charge in a military barracks in Conakry, the capital of Guinea, for more than six months. They are at risk of torture ...

Urgent Action       AFR 29/001/2009

Kenya: Three thousand forcibly evicted in Kenya
28 July 2009

Approximately 3000 people have been forcibly evicted from their homes in Githogoro village, in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. The evictions were carried out without ...

Urgent Action       AFR 32/010/2009

Chad: Sultan at risk of torture, Haroun Mahamat Abdoulaye
23 July 2009

Haroun Mahamat Abdoulaye, a Sultan in eastern Chad, was arrested from his home in the Chadian capital N'Djamena on 20 July. He is being detained without charge ...

Urgent Action       AFR 20/006/2009