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Lebanon: Joint public statement: Ruling aids families of " ...
4 November 2009

A decision by Lebanese judicial authorities is an encouraging first step toward recognizing the right of families of victims of enforced disappearances during the ...

Document       MDE 18/007/2009

Tunisia: Tunisian student activist held incommunicado
3 November 2009

Male student activist Mohammed Soudani is at risk of torture and other ill-treatment in custody in Tunisia. He was arrested on 22 October after meeting with two ...

Document       MDE 30/014/2009

Spain: Briefing to Committee against Torture, November 2009
1 November 2009

SPAIN: BRIEFING TO COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE. NOVEMBER 2009 Amnesty International Publications First published in 2009 by Amnesty ...

Report       EUR 41/011/2009

African governments must pressure Zimbabwe on human rights ...
28 October 2009

Amnesty International has warned that Zimbabwe is on the brink ofsliding back into the post-election violence that marred the countrylast year.

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Yemen: Further information: Where is Muhammad al-Maqalih?
22 October 2009

Yemeni journalist Muhammad al-Maqalih is now believed to be detained at a prison run by the Ministry of Defence, though the authorities have continued to refuse ...

Urgent Action       MDE 31/015/2009

Dominican Republic: Further information: Abducted community ...
21 October 2009

Information passed to relatives of missing community activist Juan Almonte Herrera in the Dominican Republic suggests that he may be dead. His family has been threatened ...

Urgent Action       AMR 27/007/2009

Guinea: What has happened to the civilians and soldiers of whom ...
15 October 2009

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. 15 October 2009. AI Index : AFR 29/006/2009. Guinea: What has happened to the civilians and ...

Document       AFR 29/006/2009

Nigeria: Promoting and protecting human rights: A ten point ...
14 October 2009

On the eve of Nigeria’s election to the United Nations (UN) Security Council as a non-permanent member, Amnesty International calls on the Nigerian government to ...

Report       AFR 44/035/2009

President Kadyrov libel trial reveals danger faced by human rights ...
7 October 2009

A Moscow court has found in favour of the president's libel suit against human rights activist Oleg Orlov who accused him of "beingresponsible" for the murder of ...

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Family demands release of 'outspoken' Yemeni journalist | Amnesty ...
6 October 2009

Muhammad al-Maqalih was abducted by a group of men in an unmarked van. It is thought he is being held because of his criticism of the government over the armedclashes ...

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