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Archive for: 03/2008
Israeli army denying cancer patient vital treatment
West Bank checkpoint
© David ShankboneThe Israeli army must allow chronically ill cancer patient Karima Abu Dalal to leave the Gaza Strip and obtain desperately needed medical care in Israel.
Harassment and intimidation in Zimbabwe as election looms
© Tsvangirayi MukwazhiAs Zimbabweans prepare to vote in national elections on 29 March, Amnesty International has warned that the right to freedom of expression, association and assembly are being unnecessarily restricted in advance of the poll date.
Our statement to UN Human Rights Council regarding Tibet
© AIWe are deeply concerned at human rights violations during recent events in the Autonomous Region of Tibet and neighbouring regions. Read our oral statement to the UN Human Rights Council.
Calls for the protection of civilians in Iraq
© APGraphicsBankHeavy fighting between Iraqi government forces and armed militia in Basra and other Iraqi cities is creating a grave risk to civilians, Amnesty International said as it urged all parties to refrain from indiscriminate or disproportionate attacks and to respect civilian life.
Hundreds of Tibet protesters arrested in Nepal
© AFPOver 400 people were arrested in Nepal on Monday as the authorities clamped down on peaceful demonstrations against Chinese human rights abuses in Tibet.
New Cuban Government must release jailed dissidents
Alfredo Filipe FuentesOn the 5th anniversary of the largest crackdown against political opponents in Cuba, we call on the new Cuban authorities to immediately release the 58 dissidents still being held in jails across the country.
Tension in Tibet as police raid homes
Image from www.salem-news.comChinese police are sweeping through the homes of Lhasa residents in search of people involved in recent protests in the city.
Impact of HIV/AIDS on women in rural South Africa revealed
© Reuters/Mike HutchingsAmnesty International has revealed the extent of the impact of HIV and AIDS on poor rural women in South Africa with a major new report about the overwhelming challenges facing rural women in the midst of the severe HIV epidemic affecting the country.
Five years of carnage and despair in Iraq
© APGraphicsBankFive years after U.S.-led forces toppled Saddam Hussein, Iraq remains one of the most dangerous countries in the world for human rights.
UN must investigate Tibet crackdown
© AFPAmnesty International is calling for an independent UN investigation into the recent events in Tibet. Chinese authorities must exercise restraint in responding to continuing protests by monks and other citizens in the Lhasa region and other parts of Tibet.
Peaceful Tibetan protesters detained
© ReutersAmnesty International today expressed concern over the detention of around 100 peaceful Tibetan protesters in the north of India who were attempting to march to the Indo-Chinese border to highlight human rights violations in Tibet and mark the 49th anniversary of the Dalai Lama's flight from Tibet after his failed rebellion against Chinese rule.
New account sheds light on CIA disappearances and ‘black sites’
Amnesty International today revealed in a new report further details of the cruelty and illegality of the CIA programme of secret detentions and enforced disappearances – a program re-authorized by President Bush in June 2007.
Pakistan’s new leaders urged to repair the damage
Image from www.topnews.inAs Pakistan prepares to swear in a new parliament, Amnesty International calls on the country's new leaders to repair the fallout from the state of emergency imposed in November 2007. In its latest document, Pakistan: Repairing the damage: ensuring robust human rights safeguards, Amnesty International examines the damage done to constitutional safeguards and the key role played by an independent judiciary in the protection of human rights.
Egypt’s fight against HIV/AIDS undermined
© APThe Egyptian Government's new indictments against several men arrested apparently on suspicion of having HIV violate their basic rights and deeply undermine Egypt's fight against HIV/AIDS, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said today.
Palestinian homes demolished without warning
© AIThe Israeli army demolished more homes in Palestinian villages in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday morning. The homes and property of Palestinian families in the villages of Hadidiya, Jiftlik and Furush Beit Dajan, in the Jordan Valley area of the occupied West Bank, were demolished.
Concern grows over China’s crackdown on Tibetan protesters
© AP/Ben MargotWe strongly condemn the harsh crackdown on peaceful protesters in the Tibetan capital, Lhasa. According to eyewitness reports, on 11 March, Chinese police used teargas and electric prods to disperse 500 demonstrators, who were seeking the release of fellow monks held after the previous day's protests.
China further tightens net control over Beijing activists
© PrivateIntensified censorship and attacks and abductions of peaceful activists by suspected security officials in Beijing make a mockery of official promises to improve human rights in the run-up to the Olympics.
We condemn killings of Israeli civilians
© ReutersWe condemn the killing of eight Israeli civilians, four of them children, in a shooting attack by a Palestinian on a Yeshiva school in Jerusalem last week.
President Bush vetoes anti-torture legislation
George Bush © APIn his 14 February 2008 interview, President Bush suggested that "history will judge the decisions made during this period of time as necessary decisions". Amnesty International suggests that history will not look favourably on enforced disappearances, torture or unfair trials. Or those who authorised them.
Public executions by North Korea is another injustice
© ReutersWe condemn the North Korean authorities for executing 15 people in public for illegally crossing the border with China.
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