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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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Amnesty International welcomes life sentences for Argentinean ...
29 August 2008

Organization also calls on the Argentinean authorities to investigate the 2006 disappearance of Jorge Julio López.

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Uganda: Amnesty International Concerns on the Regulation of ...
28 August 2008

Amnesty International has a number of serious concerns about the Regulation of Interception of Communications (RIC) Bill, published on 25 May 2007 and due to be ...

Report       AFR 59/005/2008

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

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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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 Arbitrary arrest/fear of torture or ...
19 August 2008

Mahboubeh Karami was charged within the past week with "acting against national security," and the Revolutionary Court in Mahabad has scheduled her next hearing ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/119/2008

Iran: The 20th anniversary of 1988 "prison massacre"
19 August 2008

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. Public Statement. AI Index: MDE 13/118/2008. 19 August 2008. Iran: The 20 th anniversary of 1988 "prison massacre". ...

Document       MDE 13/118/2008