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22 August 2008

Displaced civilians and refugees who fled during the conflict, aswell as those who remained in the areas where hostilities have takenplace, are in continued need ...

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Égypte. Mortelles traversées du désert
20 August 2008

Document       MDE 12/015/2008

Egypt: Deadly journeys through the desert
20 August 2008

Sub-Saharan Africa refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants in Egypt are being killed, imprisoned and forcibly returned to countries where they are at risk of serious ...

Document       MDE 12/015/2008

Syria: Fear of torture or other ill-treatment
19 August 2008

Political activist Mesha'l al-Tammo, who is a member of Syria’s Kurdish minority, has not been seen since the early hours of 15 August 2008, when he set off from ...

Urgent Action       MDE 24/026/2008

Mexico: Women's struggle for safety and justice: Violence in the ...
15 August 2008

Amnesty International is campaigning for the federal and state authorities to adopt the measures required to comply with the principles of new federal legislation ...

ActionDocument       AMR 41/035/2008

Saudi Arabia: Further information on death penalty/ flogging
14 August 2008

Seven men named in this action had their sentences upheld by the Court of Cassation in Makkah in July 2008. Five of the men have been sentenced to death. The two ...

Urgent Action       MDE 23/036/2008

Georgia, Russia: Suffering of civilians must stop and abuses must ...
14 August 2008

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: EUR 56/007/2008. 14 August 2008. Georgia, Russia: Suffering of civilians must stop ...

Document       EUR 56/007/2008

India: Indigenous communities at risk of forced eviction in Orissa
14 August 2008

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index No ASA 20/017/2008. 14 August 2008. India: Indigenous communities at risk of forced eviction in Orissa. ...

Document       ASA 20/017/2008

Saudi Arabia: Further information on Death Penalty/ Fear of ...
14 August 2008

On 9 August 2008, the Jeddah General Court, which sentenced Canadian national Mohamed Kohail and Jordanian national Mehanna Sa'd to death, rejected the recommendations ...

Urgent Action       MDE 23/037/2008

Guatemala: Fear for safety: Amilcar de Jesús Pop Ac (m)
13 August 2008

Amilcar de Jesús Pop Ac has been threatened with death at gunpoint by masked men, apparently in connection with his work as President of the Mayan Lawyers’ Association ...

Urgent Action       AMR 34/018/2008