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Africa: Stop enforced disappearances in Africa
25 August 2009

International Day of the Disappeared, 30 August 2009, is the time to demand justice for victims of enforced disappearances. In this document Amnesty International ...

Document       AFR 01/001/2009

Malaysian woman first to be caned under Shariah law | Amnesty ...
21 August 2009

Amnesty International calls for an end to caning as a form of punishment after a Muslim woman is sentenced to six lashes in Malaysia.

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Tunisia: Continuing abuses in the name of security
20 August 2009

This report describes human rights violations committed in Tunisia in the past year in the name of counter-terrorism and security and updates information in a previous ...

Report       MDE 30/010/2009

North Korea: The right to food and monitoring human rights ...
2 August 2009

Nearly a million people have died because of acute food shortages since the mid-1990s, and millions more, especially children and the elderly, suffer from chronic ...

Document       ASA 24/001/2009

North Korea: The right to food and monitoring human rights ...
2 August 2009

North Korea: The right to food and monitoring human rights [Information sheet]

Document       ASA 24/001/2009

Codes of ethics and declarations relevant to the health ...
1 August 2009

Health professionals have been active in the work of Amnesty international since its inception, and have played an increasingly valuable role in documenting human ...

Report       ACT 75/001/2009

Africa; Towards a moratorium on executions in Africa
1 August 2009

TOWARDS A MORATORIUM ON EXECUTIONS IN AFRICA. African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights resolution calling on state parties ...

Document       AFR 01/009/2009

Nicaragua: The total abortion ban in Nicaragua: Women’s lives ...
27 July 2009

This report examines the consequences of Nicaragua's total ban on abortion on women and girls who need life-saving medical treatment. It looks at the impact on ...

Report       AMR 43/001/2009

ASEAN’s new body must protect and promote human rights | Amnesty ...
21 July 2009

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations should ensure that its newly established human rights mechanism has the necessary powers to do its job properly.

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USA: Trials in error: Third go at misconceived military commission ...
16 July 2009

Amnesty International described in March 2007 its concerns about how the rules and procedures under the Military Commissions Act failed to offer full guarantees ...

Document       AMR 51/083/2009