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Maternal death rate in Sierra Leone is a "human rights emergency" ...
21 September 2009

In Sierra Leone, one in eight women risk dying during pregnancy orchildbirth - one of the highest maternal mortality rates in theworld.

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Dominican Republic delivers "huge blow" to women's right to life ...
18 September 2009

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Zimbabwe: Moving from words to action
9 September 2009

In this memorandum Amnesty International assesses the human rights situation in Zimbabwe since the creation of an Inclusive Government in February 2009. Amnesty ...

Report       AFR 46/025/2009

Lithuania: Parliament moves to criminalize homosexuality: Urgent ...
8 September 2009

On 14 July 2009, the Lithuanian Parliament (the Seimas) adopted a “Law on the Protection of Minors against the Detrimental Effect of Public Information”, despite ...

ActionDocument       EUR 53/008/2009

Iran: Juvenile offender faces execution, Hossein Haghi
3 September 2009

Hossein Haghi is facing imminent execution for a murder committed when he was a 16-year-old boy. His case has been sent to the Office for the Implementation of ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/095/2009

Iran: Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review: Seventh ...
1 September 2009

In this submission, Amnesty International provides information as stipulated in the General Guidelines for the Preparation of Information under the Universal Periodic ...

Report       MDE 13/009/2009

North America: Canada still refusing to seek Omar Khadr’s ...
28 August 2009

By refusing to seek the repatriation of its national, Omar Khadr, from US custody in Guantánamo Bay, the Canadian government is betraying human rights principles ...

Document       AMR 04/001/2009

El Salvador: Death threats for activists demanding justice
27 August 2009

Those seeking justice for a murdered environmental activist in Cabañas department, El Salvador, are at risk. Another anti-mining activist has also been shot, and ...

Urgent Action       AMR 29/001/2009

Colombia: Protection for community needed immediately
27 August 2009

Fears for the safety of members of the indigenous Awá community in Colombia have intensified after unidentified gunmen killed 12 community members, including 4 ...

Urgent Action       AMR 23/022/2009

Philippines: Shattered lives: Beyond the 2008-2009 Mindanao armed ...
25 August 2009

On 29 July 2009, the 2008-2009 hostilities, which displaced more than 750000 persons in total and led to numerous human rights abuses, officially ended with an ...

Report       ASA 35/003/2009