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25 years remembering the disappeared | Amnesty International
29 August 2008

Since the International Day of the Disappeared was started in 1983, the government practice of kidnapping, abducting or detaining people andholding them in secret ...

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Cuba: Fear of unfair trial: Gorki Águila (m)
28 August 2008

A Cuban musician who is an outspoken critic of the Cuban government has been arrested and faces up to four years in prison. Amnesty International is concerned that ...

Urgent Action       AMR 25/001/2008

Trapped – collective punishment in Gaza | Amnesty International
27 August 2008

The blockade imposed by Israel on the Gaza Strip over a year ago hasleft the population of 1.5 million Palestinians trapped withdwindling resources and an economy ...

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Sudan: Fear of torture or other ill-treatment
27 August 2008

Darfuri asylum-seeker Shams El Deen Adam Mohamed was arrested on 16 or 17 July, and his whereabouts have been unknown since then. He is believed to be held ...

Urgent Action       AFR 54/037/2008

India: Fear for safety
27 August 2008

The murder of a prominent Hindu nationalist leader has been used by his supporters to justify violent attacks on the Christian minority in the Kandhamal district ...

Urgent Action       ASA 20/018/2008

Belarus: Authorities must respect human rights
26 August 2008

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. 26 August 2008. Index number: EUR 49/012/2008. Belarus: Authorities must respect human rights. ...

Document       EUR 49/012/2008

Belarus must respect freedom of assembly, association and ...
26 August 2008

Since it was introduced in 2005, Belarusian authorities have used Article 193-1 to arrest, detainand convict youth activists and members of NGOs forexercising their ...

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Chile: Further information on Intimidation/harassment
22 August 2008

Documentary filmmaker Elena Varela López was released on 13 August, after more than three months in custody. She is now subject to aresto domiciliario nocturna ...

Urgent Action       AMR 22/002/2008

Defending human rights in a changing world
22 August 2008

DEFENDING HUMAN RIGHTS IN A CHANGING WORLD. Everyone has the right, individually and in association with others, to promote and to ...

Report       ACT 30/006/2008

Iran: Further information on Fear for safety/ Fear of torture and ...
21 August 2008

The three students of Amir Kabir University in Tehran, Ahmad Qasaban, Majid Tavakkoli and Ehsan Mansouri, were released on 13 August 2008. It is not clear whether ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/125/2008