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Category - Amnesty International

16 Nov 2012

Human rights groups criticize Israeli assault and rocket attacks

Israeli forces and armed Palestinian groups in Gaza told to take all feasible steps to minimise harm to civilians as hostilities between them intensify.
13 Nov 2012

Foreign nationals face abuse and exploitation in Libya, says new report

Amnesty International has warned that the plight of foreign nationals in Libya has worsened since the end of Colonel Gaddafi’s rule.
10 Nov 2012

Czech government failing to address discrimination against Romani children

The European Roma Rights Centre and Amnesty International have published a report deeply critical of the Czech schools policy regarding Roma children.
8 Nov 2012

Obama asked to shut Guantanamo and restore human rights record

Amnesty International USA will be urging second-term President Barack Obama to finally close the Guantanamo Bay detention centre.
6 Nov 2012

Chinese women’s rights activist sent to labour camp

A prominent Chinese women’s rights activist, Mao Hengfeng, has been sentenced to one-and-a-half years in a labour camp, amid protests.
31 Oct 2012

Reparations for war-time rape urged on Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sexual violence during the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina shattered the lives of thousands of women, a new human rights briefing says.
28 Oct 2012

Arms dealer guilty verdict welcomed

Amnesty International has welcomed the news that the British arms dealer Gary Hyde had been found guilty on charges of illicit arms deals.
28 Oct 2012

Concern over ethnic clashes in Burma's Rakhine state

The deaths of people in ethnic clashes in Burma’s Rakhine state are a tragic loss of life and must be dealth with immediately, human rights groups say.
21 Oct 2012

NGOs want action to stop Afghan displacement camp deaths

Urgent steps are needed if Afghanistan is to avoid a repeat of the deaths among children and adults in the country’s displacement camps last year.
19 Oct 2012

Call for former Libyan intelligence chief to face justice

Amnesty International wants the Libyan authorities to hand over the former ruler’s military intelligence chief to the International Criminal Court (ICC).

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