Demand proper protection of womens’ rights in Mexico

One in four women in Mexico has suffered physical, and sometimes sexual, violence at the hands of their partner. Thousands are put at risk of re...


PHILIPPINES: DISAPPEARANCE OF JAMES BALAO, PLEASE ACT NOW!

Background information: An activist for indigenous people's rights, James Balao, is believed to have been subjected to enforced di...


Act now for Nelson Asucena

NELSON ASUCENA FILIPINO NATIONAL, 19 years old Reports show that cases of political killings are routinely delayed at all stages ...


Fear of torture or other ill-treatment: Zeynab Bayzeydi

Further Information on UA 214/08 (MDE 13/107/2008, 1 August 2008) Fear of torture or other ill-treatment and new concern: Prisoner of conscience ...


ACT NOW FOR ATIQ-UR REHMAN

ATIQ-UR REHMAN PAKISTANI NATIONAL, aged 29 “[Our younger son] has turned... away from his studies... He comes and goes as he ple...


ACT NOW FOR MASOOD JANJUA

MASOOD JANJUA PAKISTANI NATIONAL, aged 45 “This is the worst thing to happen to anyone. If someone dies you cry and people ...


SPAIN - Basel Ghalyoun -fear of forcible return and fear of torture

The Spanish authorities are preparing to forcibly return Basel Ghalyoun to Syria, where Amnesty International believes he would be at risk of tort...


'Comfort Women': waiting for justice after 62 years

"The Japanese Government thinks that if all comfort women die, it will be buried and forgotten. But it won’t. As long as our next gener...


Turkey urged to respect LGBT people's right to freedom of association

Turkey urged to respect LGBT people's right to freedom of association A local court in Istanbul ordered the closure of the Turkish lesbian, gay...


Call for the release of Patrick Okoroafor

Patrick Okoroafor was just 14 years old when he was arrested in May 1995. Two years later, he was sentenced to death for robbery, along with six o...


Call for arrest of suspected Sudanese war criminals

Over 2.3 million people have been displaced in the Darfur conflict. More than 90,000 people are believed to have been killed as a result of the ...


Indonesia urged to ratify the Rome Statute

Indonesia must fulfil its commitment to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court in 2008, Amnesty International has urged. In 2...


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