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8 October 2009

The 36 Iranians detained by the Iraqi security forces were released on 7 October, and have been taken back to Camp Ashraf.

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The Wire, October/November 2009. Vol. 39, issue 005
8 October 2009

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8 October 2009

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Diary Note: Launch of new book The Unheard Truth: Poverty and ...
6 October 2009

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Document       ACT 35/041/2009

Iraq: Detainees held incommunicado risk torture
6 October 2009

Thirty-six Iranian men who were arrested from Camp Ashraf in July have been transferred from a police station to a military airbase in Baghdad. Fears for their ...

Urgent Action       MDE 14/032/2009

Kazakstan: Prisoner denied sight-saving treatment
6 October 2009

A female prisoner in Kazakstan, Inessa Karkhu, is not receiving essential medical treatment for glaucoma, a disease that progressively damages vision. If she is ...

Urgent Action       EUR 57/003/2009

Zimbabwe: Operation Muramabtsvina (restore order) – Homes ...
5 October 2009

Zimbabwe: Operation Muramabtsvina (restore order) – Homes destroyed, livelihoods shattered

Document       AFR 46/022/2009

World Habitat Day: Governments in Africa must end forced evictions ...
5 October 2009

Governments in Africa must end the practice of forced evictions thatleave hundreds of thousands homeless every year, Amnesty Internationalsaid on World Habitat ...

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Nigeria: Desalojos forzosos en Africa.
5 October 2009

Nigeria: Desalojos forzosos en Africa.

Document       AFR 44/031/2009

Angola: Desalojos forzosos en Africa.
5 October 2009

Angola: Desalojos forzosos en Africa.

Document       AFR 12/007/2009