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16 July 2008

The introduction in 2007 of the Organic law on the right of women to a life free of violence has helped strengthen women’s access to their human rights in Venezuela ...

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Amnesty International has expressed its deep concern to the primeminister of Japan about the detention of two Greenpeace activists,Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki, ...

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15 July 2008

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. Public Statement. AI Index No: EUR 46/023/2008. 15 July 2008. Russian Federation: Contemporary art - an issue ...

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Syria: Fear of torture or other ill-treatment: Hasan Younis Qasem ...
15 July 2008

Pro-democracy activist Hasan Qasem was summoned to the General Intelligence Department, State Security Branch, in the Kafr Soussa district of Damascus, on 9 July ...

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This briefing paper focuses on Amnesty International’s concern in relation to an ongoing problem of impunity for war crimes. It identifies the main obstacles in ...

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Japan: Environmental activists must be treated in accordance with ...
14 July 2008

Amnesty International has expressed its deep concern to the primeminister of Japan about the detention of two Greenpeace activists,Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki, ...

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