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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

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

Iran: Further information on fear of torture or other ill ...
15 August 2008

Kurdish women's rights activist Zeynab Bayzeydi has been sentenced to four years' imprisonment, and internal exile to the Turkish-speaking city of Zanjan, 246 km ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/116/2008

Iran: Further information on death penalty/imminent execution ...
15 August 2008

Juvenile offender Amir Amrollahi's death sentence received final approval from the Head of the Judiciary earlier this month. He was sentenced to death for a murder ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/114/2008

AI Bulletin Vol. 11, No. 16, 15 August 2008
15 August 2008

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Newsletter       ACT 84/016/2008

Suspension of stoning executions a welcome step if carried out ...
15 August 2008

Amnesty International has welcomed last week's announcement by thespokesperson for Iran’s Judiciary that execution by stoning has beensuspended.

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United Kingdom: Further information on health concern: Mahmoud Abu ...
13 August 2008

Palestinian refugee Mahmoud Abu Rideh, who is the subject of a "control order" imposed by the UK government, was discharged from hospital on 7 July 2008. However ...

Urgent Action       EUR 45/014/2008

Major step forward in Paraguay's investigations into sexual ...
13 August 2008

Julia Ozorio Gamecho is the first woman to tell the Truth and Justice Commission about how she was sexually abused by the military during General Alfredo Stroessner ...

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Iran: Arbitrary arrest/ Detention without charge
6 August 2008

Brothers Arash Alaei and Kamiar Alaei, both of whom are doctors specialising in the prevention and management of HIV and AIDS, were arrested in June 2008. They ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/108/2008