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Archive for: 10/2007
Severe human rights abuses in Saudi Arabia
© AIAmnesty International is extremely concerned at the extent and severity of human rights abuses in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Georgia should implement guidance from UN Human Rights Committee
Amnesty International is urging the government of Georgia to take immediate action to implement the recommendations of the United Nations Human Rights Committee, which published its concluding observations on 30 October 2007.
Lebanon must investigate alleged abuse in Palestinian refugee camp
© AIAmnesty International has written to the Lebanese Prime Minister calling for an urgent investigation into reports of abuse inside Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp since the Lebanese army regained control of the camp in September.
Indonesia’s rule to uphold the death penalty deplored
©AIAmnesty International is deeply disappointed with yesterday's Indonesian Constitutional Court ruling to uphold the death penalty for drug offences.
Amnesty concerned by banned gay rally in Lithuania
© AIAmnesty International is deeply concerned by recent attacks on the gay community in Vilnius, which saw the mayor ban a rally and a smoke bomb attack on a conference, and has called on the Lithuanian authorities to act.
Dismay at murder of independent journalist in Kyrgyzstan
Alisher Saipov ©Voice of AmericaAmnesty International is dismayed at the recent murder in Kyrgyzstan of a young independent journalist and editor, Alisher Saipov, amid reports that the killing was linked to his professional activities.
Freed journalist donates prize to Amnesty International
© AIA former prisoner of conscience has thanked Amnesty International for helping secure her release from jail by donating a journalism award to the organisation.
India urged to grant fair trial to Myanmar nationals
© AIAmnesty International is concerned that 34 Rakhine (Arakan) and Kayin (Karen) Myanmar nationals, who have spent years detained without charge in India and are now being tried in Kolkata (West Bengal), are at risk of being denied their right to a fair trial and then forcibly returned to Myanmar.
Anti-torture body urge Georgia to end torture
© APGraphicsBankThe Georgian government should act now to end torture and ill-treatment in detention centers. The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment, which has just published its most recent report on Georgia, said conditions remain unacceptable for detainees in many facilities.
Russian Federation must not repeat mistakes made in Chechnya
©AIThe Russian and Ingush authorities must not repeat mistakes made in Chechnya, as an increasing number of enforced disappearances, abductions and other human rights violations mark the rapidly deteriorating situation in Ingushetia, Chechnya's neighbour in the Russian Federation.
Government-backed agents of torture and death in DRC
© AIThe government of President Joseph Kabila must launch an urgent and independent investigation into the systematic detention, torture and murder of alleged political opponents committed by security forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Human rights require a coherent message with one EU voice
© AIThe EU should use today's Summit with the Russian Federation to press for progress on a number of key human rights issues.
18 years of persecution in Myanmar
© AIOn the day the United Nations celebrates its 62nd birthday, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of the National League of Democracy, will mark her 12th year under house arrest in Myanmar.
Occupied Palestinian Territories: Torn apart by factional strife
©AFPInterfactional fighting between Hamas and Fatah forces in the Gaza Strip earlier this year left 350 Palestinians dead and has been followed by further serious abuses in both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, Amnesty International said in a new report published today.
Authorities must come clean about renditions in Denmark
© AIEuropean governments must initiate independent and thorough investigations into their involvement in the US-led program of renditions and secret detention, Amnesty International said today.
Amnesty denies calling for Sudanese exclusion from EU-Africa Summit
Amnesty International today denied reports that it had issued a call for Sudanese President Omar al- Bashir to be excluded from attending the upcoming EU-Africa Summit, scheduled to take place in Lisbon in December this year.
Government obstructs UN/AU peacekeeping force for Darfur
© UNHCR/H.CauxAmnesty International today called on the government of Sudan to end the obstruction to the speedy deployment of the United Nations African Union Mission in Darfur, the hybrid UN/AU force due to take over from the African Union Mission in Sudan by the end of December 2007.
Urgent measures needed to stop torture in Moldova
©AITorture and ill-treatment in Moldova remain widespread and systemic despite some initial legislative steps made by the government to change police practices in order to eradicate it, Amnesty International said today in its latest report, Moldova: Torture and ill-treatment: "It's just normal".
Bomb attacks on political rally in Pakistan condemned
© AFPAmnesty International condemns the bomb attacks on a peaceful political rally held by the opposition Pakistan People's Party in Karachi on 18 October which reportedly resulted in the death of more than 130 people and the injury of over 500.
Iran continues executions at an alarming rate
© AIAmnesty International has expressed alarm at the new wave of executions in Iran and said that it has already recorded almost 250 executions since the beginning of 2007, although the true total of those put to death could be significantly higher.
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