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29 June 2009
Amnesty International members across Europe join in a day of action as part of the organization’s solidarity campaign with independent journalists and human righ
29 June 2009
The Italian Senate is to decide whether or not to pass a
controversial draft law that would violate the human rights of migrants
and asylum-seekers and could lead to
29 June 2009
Amnesty International is gravely concerned that several opposition
leaders detained in the wake of the 12 June elections may be facing
torture, possibly to force the
28 June 2009
Members of a Congressional committee in Paraguay have voted against returning Indigenous lands back to the Yakye Axa community.
26 June 2009
President Obama’s decision to close the US detention facility at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, by next January leads Amnesty International to fear that several Tu
26 June 2009
Amnesty International has told the Council of Europe Assembly, that states should be held accountable for violations committed by their forces in operations outside th
26 June 2009
The Iranian authorities must immediately release dozens of journalists
arrested since 12 June and who are at risk of torture in detention,
Amnesty International said
25 June 2009
No armed group has claimed responsibility for the attack, which also injured more than 127 people.
25 June 2009
Russia's Supreme Court has overturned the acquittal of three men
accused of involvement in the 2006 killing of journalist Anna
Politkovskaya.
25 June 2009
The men had their right hands and left legs amputated by members of the
al-Shabab armed militia in front of a crowd of local people in northern
Mogadishu.
24 June 2009
Former detainees held by the USA at Bagram airbase in Afghanistan have
told the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) how they were subjected
to abuse while in cust
23 June 2009
Secretary General Irene Khan expressed her concern at the continuing human rights violations in Zimbabwe, when she met with the country's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangi
23 June 2009
The Indonesian police carry out widespread abuse with impunity against
criminal suspects and poor and marginalized communities, according to a
new Amnesty Internatio
23 June 2009
Togo has decided to abolish the death penalty following a unanimous vote by the national assembly.
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
