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10 May 2011

Threats force Syrian demonstrators underground amid nationwide protests

Human rights activists seen to be involved in pro-reform protests in Syria have been forced into hiding after receiving threats from Syrian authorities.
10 May 2011

Ugandan gay activist honoured with prestigious human rights award

Jacqueline Nabagesera, a Ugandan gay rights activist, has been awareded the prestigious Martin Ennals Awards for Human Rights Defenders.
11 Apr 2011

UK government accused of funding Colombian secret police

Colombian journalist Claudia Julieta Duque says that UK government funds are being used to finance a unit of her country's secret security police.
9 Apr 2011

Courage, journalism and oppression in Colombia

Some 23 journalists have been threatened with imprisonments, killings and disappearances in Colombia over the past three months. Fifty-seven have been on a 'hit list' during the past 12 months. There have been 1,400 attacks against media workers. The reason? They are exposing government complicity in massive human rights abuses in the country, and challenging the silence and complicity around this.
30 Mar 2011

Gaddafi's campaign of enforced disappearances must end

Gaddafi forces have carried out a campaign of enforced disappearances to try to crush growing opposition, Amnesty says in a new briefing paper.
27 Mar 2011

Chinese urged to release dissident jailed for ten years

The Chinese authorities should immediately release prominent pro-democracy activist Liu Xianbin, human rights agency Amnesty International says.
26 Mar 2011

Syria death toll climbs as protests spread

At least 55 people are believed to have been killed during a week of unrest in and around the Syrian town of Dera’a, Amnesty International said yesterday.
24 Mar 2011

Egyptian women protesters forced to take ‘virginity tests’

After army officers violently cleared Tahrir square of protesters recently, at least 18 women were held and abused in military detention.
15 Mar 2011

Civil rights and transparency plea for Middle East and North Africa

The time to act for openness in the Middle East and North Africa in is now, say Amnesty International and Transparency International in a joint statement.
13 Mar 2011

Discriminating Christian confusions

The arguments of the 'Christians are being discriminated against' lobby in the UK are confused about the law, equalities, rights, demography, theology and the distinction between Christianity and Christendom, says Simon Barrow. In the words of a recent High Court judgment, their claims are also "wrong as to the factual premises on which they are based and at best tendentious."

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