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6 November 2009

Amnesty International has expressed concern that the Nicaraguan SupremeCourt continues to delay its judgment on the legality of new criminallaws on abortion which ...

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Tunisia releases prisoners held over Gafsa protests | Amnesty ...
6 November 2009

Sixty-eight people held in connection withprotests against unemployment and high living costsin the resource-rich Gafsa region have been released.

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Guyana: Further information: Tortured Guyanese man may face unfair ...
6 November 2009

A 20-year-old man held incommunicado at a police station in Guyana has been released without charge, and a 15-year-old boy receiving hospital treatment for torture ...

Urgent Action       AMR 35/003/2009

Saudi Arabia: Turkish man at risk of beheading
6 November 2009

A 29-year-old Turkish man, Ali Agirdas, is at imminent risk of beheading in Saudi Arabia. His sentence is being considered by the Supreme Judicial Council, which ...

Urgent Action       MDE 23/033/2009

Kenya's post-election violence suspects must be brought to justice ...
6 November 2009

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Turkmenistan: Andrei Zatoka sentenced in unfair trial
5 November 2009

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI: Index: EUR 61/007/2009. 5 November 2009. Turkmenistan: Andrei Zatoka sentenced in unfair trial. ...

Document       EUR 61/007/2009

Syria: Elderly prisoner of conscience charged
5 November 2009

Haytham al-Maleh, a 78-year-old male prisoner of conscience, was charged by a military judge on 3 November with "conveying false news" about the human rights situation ...

Urgent Action       MDE 24/030/2009

Activist on trial for denouncing pollution in Tunisia must be ...
5 November 2009

Amnesty International has called for the release of a human rightsactivist who went on trial this week for making a video about pollutionin Tunisia and posting ...

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Brazil: Violence in Rio de Janeiro - a challenge for change
3 November 2009

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: AMR 19/019/2009. 03 November 2009. Brazil: Violence in Rio de Janeiro - a challenge for change. ...

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Belarus man loses death sentence appeal | Amnesty International
29 October 2009

Andrei Zhuk becomes the second person to have his death sentence upheld in Belarus within the last month.

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