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Iran: Prisoner of conscience / medical concern: Emadeddin Baghi (m ...
16 May 2008

Journalist and human rights defender Emadeddin Baghi suffered a seizure on 7 May in Tehran's Evin prison; he was treated in the prison hospital and sent back to ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/069/2008

Iran: Arbitrary arrests / Prisoners of conscience
15 May 2008

Six leaders (Fariba Kamalabadi Taefi (f), Jamaloddin Khanjani (m), Afif Naeimi (m), Saeid Rezaei (m), Behrouz Tavakkoli (m), Vahid Tizfahm (m)) of a group managing ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/068/2008

Iran: Further Information on Arbitrary arrests/Fear of Torture or ...
14 May 2008

Behrouz Karimizadeh and Peyman Piran have been released on bail, but Ali Kantouri is still detained, and is not receiving the medication he needs. All three student ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/067/2008

Zimbabwe: Fear of torture and other ill-treatment
14 May 2008

Leading trade unionists Lovemore Matombo and Wellington Chibebe were arrested on 8 May, and are in grave danger of torture. They were severely tortured in police ...

Urgent Action       AFR 46/013/2008

India: Concern over the arrest of filmmaker and human rights ...
14 May 2008

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: ASA 20/010/2008 (Public). Date: 14 May 2008. India: Concern over the arrest of filmmaker ...

Document       ASA 20/010/2008

Bahamas: Intimidation / excessive use of force
13 May 2008

Emmanuel McKenzie is Chairman of the Millar’s Creek Preservation Group which held a fundraising event on April 19 2008. He and his organization have been targeted ...

Urgent Action       AMR 14/001/2008

Slovakia: NGOs joint open letter on the occasion of the second ...
13 May 2008

In this joint letter, the undersigning organizations are calling on the Government of Slovakia, as well as all members of the Slovak National Council, to use the ...

Document       EUR 72/004/2008

Brazil: Further information on fear for safety
12 May 2008

Around 50 Guajajara indigenous families, in the remote Araribóia reservation in the central west of Maranhão state, are at risk of attack from local gunmen allegedly ...

Urgent Action       AMR 19/007/2008

USA: Omar Khadr’s trial by military commission a step closer. ...
12 May 2008

In 2002, Omar Khadr was taken into US custody following a firefight with US forces in Afghanistan. Omar Khadr has remained in US military custody ever since, labelled ...

Report       AMR 51/038/2008

South Korea: On-going Crackdown against Migrant's Trade Union
8 May 2008

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: ASA 25/004/2008 (Public). Date: 08 May 2008. South Korea: On-going Crackdown against Migrant’s Trade Union. ...

Document       ASA 25/004/2008