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Top musicians support Amnesty International
Tuesday, 6 December 2005, 3:45 pm | Amnesty International
The Black Eyed Peas, Avril Lavigne, and The Cure are joining Amnesty International in a ground-breaking musical venture using the works of John Lennon. Make Some Noise, launching on 10 December --International Human Rights Day -- aims to inspire a new ... More >>
Peru/Chile: Fujimori facing justice
Tuesday, 6 December 2005, 3:00 pm | Amnesty International
A report published today by Amnesty International provides information on a number of the human rights violations of which former head of state, Alberto Fujimori, is being accused by the Peruvian State. These include first-degree murder (homicidio ... More >>
USA: 800 secret CIA flights into and out of Europe
Tuesday, 6 December 2005, 2:56 pm | Amnesty International
Amnesty International today revealed that six planes used by the CIA for renditions have made some 800 flights in or out of European airspace including 50 landings at Shannon airport in the Republic of Ireland. More >>
Public Forum on Violence against Women
Tuesday, 6 December 2005, 12:40 am | Amnesty International
"Survey information on partner violence in New Zealand shows that more than one in four women (26 percent) had been abused or threatened with violence by a partner at some time in their adult life." The Social Report 2005 More >>
Brazil: The poor abandoned to crime and violence
Monday, 5 December 2005, 2:58 pm | Amnesty International
Fourteen-year-old schoolboy Douglas Brasil de Paula was playing pinball in a bar. João da Costa Magalhães was sitting at the door of his house. Elizabeth Soares de Oliveira was working in her husband’s bar. Rafael da Silva Couto, a 17-year-old schoolboy, ... More >>
African nations should support Arms Trade Treaty
Monday, 5 December 2005, 2:52 pm | Amnesty International
African nations were today challenged to publicly declare their support for an international Arms Trade Treaty as the France-Africa Summit began in Mali. More >>
China: 60 housing activists detained outside UN
Monday, 5 December 2005, 2:48 pm | Amnesty International
Around sixty activists were detained by the police this morning in front of the Oriental Pearl building in Shanghai after they attempted to deliver a letter to United Nations officials attending the UN Global Compact Summit taking place nearby. Around ... More >>
Cruel and senseless killing of Van Tuong Nguyen
Friday, 2 December 2005, 1:31 pm | Amnesty International
“Today is an extremely sad day for his family, who are now victims of this horrendous punishment,” said Tim Goodwin, Amnesty International’s Anti-Death Penalty Coordinator. More >>
Sydney: Candles of Hope SAVE VAN TUONG NGUYEN
Thursday, 1 December 2005, 8:54 am | Amnesty International
Show your support for Van Tuong Nguyen and oppose the death penalty Please join us between 6.30 and 7.30pm More >>
Sierra Leone Urged To Implement TRC Recommendation
Wednesday, 30 November 2005, 10:03 am | Amnesty International
Sierra Leone Government urged to implement the recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) More >>
Serbia and Montenegro: Stop attacks on activists
Wednesday, 30 November 2005, 9:59 am | Amnesty International
Human rights activists and independent journalists in Serbia are increasingly threatened and even physically attacked in an attempt to silence debate about past atrocities, Amnesty International said today in a new report. Their premises are covered with ... More >>
Serbia and Montenegro: Stop attacking human rights
Tuesday, 29 November 2005, 4:09 pm | Amnesty International
Human rights activists and independent journalists in Serbia are increasingly threatened and even physically attacked in an attempt to silence debate about past atrocities, Amnesty International said today in a new report. Their premises are covered with ... More >>
USA: 1,000th execution looms, shameful milestone
Tuesday, 29 November 2005, 4:07 pm | Amnesty International
A prison guard takes a man out of a prison cell. The guard leads the man through a hallway to an execution chamber and in the presence of witnesses, the prisoner is poisoned to death. More >>
EU Rep Louis Michel visits Palestinian territories
Monday, 28 November 2005, 10:32 am | Amnesty International
Louis Michel, EU Commissioner for development and humanitarian aid, will visit the Palestinian territories on Monday to assess the humanitarian situation at first hand. He will meet leading politicians and the Commission's humanitarian partners. More >>
Myanmar: Aung San Suu Kyi must be released
Monday, 28 November 2005, 10:26 am | Amnesty International
The Burmese authorities must not extend the house arrest of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi beyond the expiry of the current detention order this Sunday, Amnesty International said today. More >>
El Salvador: Women living between danger, impunity
Monday, 28 November 2005, 10:20 am | Amnesty International
The government of El Salvador has an outstanding debt to the women of this country, a debt that can only be repaid with justice, said Amnesty International today – International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women – on publication of a letter to ... More >>
Poland: LGBT rights under attack
Monday, 28 November 2005, 10:13 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International is concerned about a climate of intolerance in Poland against the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community, characterised by the banning of public events organized by the LBGT community, openly homophobic language ... More >>
Argentina: ill-treatment in Mendoza prisons
Friday, 25 November 2005, 7:06 pm | Amnesty International
In Mendoza Province, the system is sentencing prisoners to suffer overcrowding, ill-treatment, torture and in some cases even death, Virginia Shoppée, Amnesty International's researcher said today on the publication of a memorandum addressed to the Governor of Mendoza ... More >>
Guatemala: Killings of women continue unchallenged
Friday, 25 November 2005, 7:03 pm | Amnesty International
On 12 August 2005, Claudina Isabel Velázquez Paíz, a 19-year-old law student left her home in Guatemala City to go to university. It was the last time her family saw her alive. More >>
Georgia: Torture, abuse after "Rose Revolution"
Thursday, 24 November 2005, 4:00 pm | Amnesty International
Amnesty International continues to receive reports about torture and ill-treatment in Georgia. Many cases still do not come to light because police cover up their crimes and detainees are often afraid to complain or identify the perpetrators for fear ... More >>
