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22 June 2009
Four young men accused of stealing pistols and mobile phones, have been sentenced to amputation on Tuesday by an ad-hoc court.
22 June 2009
NGOs in over 90 countries organized activities to draw attention to the
treaty, and the rapid rise in the human cost of armed violence.
22 June 2009
Amnesty International is calling on the government of Iran to stop using the Basij militia to police demonstrations with immediate effect. The call follows repor
22 June 2009
Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai told Amnesty
International's chief Irene Khan that the direction for reform had been
set and committed to ensuring the im
19 June 2009
Ayatollah Khamenei's televised address calls for an end to street protests against the outcome of the election and warns people that if they continue to take to the st
19 June 2009
This morning’s speech by Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei,
indicates the authorities’ readiness to launch violent crackdowns if
people con
18 June 2009
In this editorial piece, Amnesty International's Secretary General Irene Khan considers the consequences of Iran's 'stolen election', the government's abuse of human r
18 June 2009
Amnesty International Secretary General Irene Khan concludes the organization's six-day high level mission to Zimbabwe, a country where serious and persistent human ri
18 June 2009
As her high level mission to Zimbabwe concludes, Amnesty International's Secretary General Irene Khan issues this public statement about the country's human rights sit
17 June 2009
Demonstrations against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s disputed
election victory have spread to all corners of the country.
17 June 2009
The Lithuanian parliament has passed a law that prohibits the
discussion of homosexuality in schools and bans any reference to it in
public information that can be v
17 June 2009
The latest spate of racist attacks on over 100 Romanian people in Northern Ireland is part of a growing trend of discrimination against Roma people across Europe, Am
16 June 2009
Public security police arrested a prominent human rights lawyer in Viet
Nam on Saturday for "colluding with domestic and foreign reactionaries
to sabotage the V
15 June 2009
Thousands of demonstrators faced a violent response when they took to
the streets in Iran on Saturday to protest against the announcement of
the victory of incumbent
14 June 2009
The Iranian authorities must start an immediate investigation into the
security forces’ violent handling of thousands of demonstrators who
took to the streets
12 June 2009
As Amnesty International ends its high-level mission to Kenya, Secretary General Irene Khan urges the government to tackle impunity for human rights violatio
