Health Professional Action: 43 Detained Medical Personnel in the Philippines

HealthProfessional Action43 Detained Medical PersonnelPhilippines Amnesty International is concerned for the safety of 43 healthworkers detained ...


Upholding human rights while confronting climate change

As global attention turns to the upcoming round of climate change negotiations in Copenhagen in December, it is more essential than ever to bring hu...


Support the release of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and Myanmar's political prisoners

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and Myanmar's political prisoners 27 July 2009 Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is on trial f...


Urgent Action: Fear of excessive use of force/torture in Iran

PUBLIC AI Index: MDE 13/061/2009 23 June 2009 Further Information on UA 150/09 (MDE 13/056/2009, 15 June 2009) Fear of excessive use of force/to...


Nearly 30 detained following a peaceful demonstration

PUBLIC AI Index:  MDE 13/057/2009                 ...


Approximately 50,000 civilians in the ‘No Fire Zone’, north eastern Sri Lanka

UA 116/09        Fear for safety/Health concern         &nbs...


Time for accountability for human rights abuses in Gaza and southern Israel

17 February 2009  Some 1,300 Palestinians, most of them civilians, including more than 300 children, and 13 Israelis, three of them c...


Fear for Safety of Members of Me'phaa Indigenous People's Organization

12 February 2009 AI Index: AMR 41/006/2009 Prisoners of conscience and new concern: Fear for safety MEXICO Members of Me’phaa I...


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