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6 August 2008

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4 August 2008

Ahmed Maher and thirteen other protestors were released without charge, from the Borg al Arab prison between 30 July and 01 August 2008. On 24 July, the public ...

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Angola: Briefing for election monitors
1 August 2008

In the run-up to parliamentary elections, Amnesty International calls on election monitors to include human rights monitoring as a central part of their brief and ...

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Afghanistan: Protect media freedom from intelligence agency ...
31 July 2008

The Afghan government must prevent the country’s intelligence agency, the National Security Directorate, from suppressing media freedom, said Amnesty International ...

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Uzbekistan: Salidzhon Abdurakhmanov – activist punished for ...
31 July 2008

Human rights defender and independent journalist Salidzhon Abdurakhmanov has been held in police custody since the beginning of June 2008 on a questionable charge ...

Document       EUR 62/005/2008

Discrimination against Kurdish Iranians unchecked and on the rise ...
30 July 2008

A new Amnesty International report says that Iran's government is failing to protect its Kurdish citizens from human rights abuses.

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Iran: Human rights abuses against the Kurdish minority
30 July 2008

This document reports on human rights abuses against ethnic, religious and cultural minorities in Iran. It details the impact of discriminatory practices on the ...

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30 July 2008

The International Olympic Committee has said that there won't be uncensored internet access at Olympic media venues.

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