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Denying the undeniable: Enforced disappearances in Pakistan

New government of Pakistan must reveal the truth about enforced disappearances

Ye Guozhu must be released immediately

The Chinese authorities say they will now not free the housing rights activist when his four-year prison sentence expires on 26 July. Amnesty International demands he be freed.

Arrest of Radovan Karadžic a major step towards justice

As the former Bosnian Serb leader is about to be handed over to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, the Tribunal should be given the time and resources to establish the truth and to secure justice for the victims of war crimes in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Venezuela must implement new law on violence against women

Amnesty International urges authorities to show the political will and provide the resources needed to ensure the new law will not just exist on paper.

President of Sudan could face arrest over Darfur war crimes

Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo has applied for the issuance of an arrest warrant against Omar El Bashir for 10 counts of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.

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THE CHINA DEBATE

Amnesty International has launched The China Debate, a new website for people to have an open, constructive and balanced discussion about the human rights situation in China in the countdown to the Beijing Olympics.

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Russia urged to respect artists' rights to freedom of expression

Organizers of an exhibition in Moscow are charged with inciting hatred and denigration of human dignity because of some of the objects on show.

Tunisian journalist freed

A Tunisian journalist has been released eight months after he was arrested.

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