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2010-07-30: Headlines
- amnestyusa.org: China: Uighur language web managers must be released 2010-07-30
Amnesty International has condemned the closed trial and conviction of three Uighur website managers on state security charges.
- amnestyusa.org: Egypt must drop charges against three activists 2010-07-30
Amnesty International has urged the Egyptian authorities to drop all charges against two human rights activists and a blogger whose trial is expected to conclude on Saturday.
- amnestyusa.org: DRC: Justice urged for murder of human rights defender 2010-07-30
The Democratic Republic of the Congo must bring to justice those responsible for the murder a human rights defender five years ago, Amnesty International and Minority Rights Group International said
- amnestyusa.org: Justice urged for murder of human rights defender in Democratic Republic of Congo 2010-07-30
Pascal Kabungulu was killed five years ago by a group of armed men who broke into his house and shot him dead in front of his family.
- amnestyusa.org: Iran must release or try US hikers held without charge for a year 2010-07-30
Shane Michael Bauer, Joshua Felix Fattal and Sarah Emily Shourd were arrested by Iranian forces in the Iraq-Iran border area a year ago.
- amnestyusa.org: Fighting and dying for human rights in the Democratic Republic of Congo 2010-07-30
Joseph Dunia Ruyenzi is one of hundreds of human rights activists in the country who face arrest, harassment, threats and even death over their work.
- amnestyusa.org: China convicts Uighur web managers on state security charges 2010-07-30
Amnesty International has condemned the closed trial and conviction of three Uighur website managers on state security charges
- amnestyusa.org: Egypt must drop charges against three activists 2010-07-30
Amnesty International has urged the Egyptian authorities to drop all charges against two leading human rights activists and a well-known blogger whose trial is expected to conclude in Cairo on Saturday
- amnestyusa.org: Iran: Must release or try U.S. hikers held without charge for a year 2010-07-30
Amnesty International has called on the Iranian authorities to release three U.S. nationals who have been detained without charge or trial for a year.
- amnestyusa.org: China convicts Uighur web managers on state security charges 2010-07-30
Amnesty International has condemned the closed trial and conviction of three Uighur website managers on state security charges.
2010-07-29: Headlines
- amnestyusa.org: States urged to support rights to water and sanitation 2010-07-29
Amnesty International today called on all UN members to uphold the rights to water and sanitation, after the General Assembly voted in favour of recognising the rights
- amnestyusa.org: States urged to support rights to water and sanitation 2010-07-29
Amnesty International today called on all UN members to uphold the rights to water and sanitation, after the General Assembly voted in favour of recognising the rights.
- amnestyusa.org: South Ossetia civil society activist beaten 2010-07-29
Amnesty International is calling on the de facto authorities in South Ossetia to conduct a full, prompt and impartial investigation into an attack on a prominent journalist and civil society activist
- amnestyusa.org: States urged to support rights to water and sanitation 2010-07-29
United Nations says an estimated 884 million people lack access to safe drinking water while more than 2.6 billion people have no access to basic sanitation.
- amnestyusa.org: USA: Amnesty International commends President Obama for signing Tribal Law and Order Act 2010-07-29
President Obama today took an important step toward addressing some of the harsh injustices that Native peoples in the United States have faced for decades. The Tribal Law and Order Act is a groundbreaking piece of legislation that tackles the complex jurisdictional maze that allows violent crime against American Indians to flourish. If properly implemented, it will open the door for the U.S.
2010-07-28: Headlines
- amnestyusa.org: Iran must end harassment of stoning case lawyer 2010-07-28
Amnesty International urges Iran to stop harassing human rights lawyers amid continuing uncertainty over the whereabouts of the defence counsel in a controversial stoning case.
- amnestyusa.org: Japan executions of two men condemned 2010-07-28
Amnesty International has condemned the executions of two Japanese men in the first death sentences carried out since the countrys new government came to power last year.
- amnestyusa.org: Japan executions of two men condemned 2010-07-28
Amnesty International has condemned the executions of two Japanese men in the first death sentences carried out since the countrys new government came to power last year
- amnestyusa.org: USA: Must fight anti-immigrant sentiment in nine states 2010-07-28
On the eve of Arizonas immigration enforcement law, S.B. 1070, taking effect, Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) is mobilizing its membership in nine states to speak out against efforts in their states to support Arizonas law and adopt similar measures.
- amnestyusa.org: Japan executions of two men condemned 2010-07-28
Amnesty International has condemned the executions of two Japanese men in the first death sentences carried out since the countrys new government came to power last year.
- amnestyusa.org: Belarus frees conscientious objector 2010-07-28
Yevgeny Yakovenko, who refuses to carry arms because of his pacifist convictions, was amnestied by a panel of judges.
- amnestyusa.org: Iran: Must end harrassment of lawyer in stoning case 2010-07-28
Amnesty International today called on Iran to stop harassing human rights lawyers amid continuing uncertainty over the whereabouts of the lawyer in the stoning case of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani and the arrest of two of his relatives.
2010-07-27: Headlines
- amnestyusa.org: South Ossetia civil society activist beaten 2010-07-27
Amnesty International is calling on the de facto authorities in South Ossetia to conduct a full, prompt and impartial investigation into an attack on a prominent journalist and civil society activist
- Greece: Must stop treating migrants as criminals 2010-07-27
The Greek authorities should immediately review their policy of locking up irregular migrants and asylum-seekers, including many unaccompanied children, Amnesty International said in a new report today.
- South Ossetia civil society activist beaten 2010-07-27
Timur Tskhovrebov, who was attacked by up to 10 people, believes he was targeted because of his journalistic work and dissenting political views.
- amnestyusa.org: Greece must stop treating migrants as criminals 2010-07-27
A new Amnesty International report details the poor treatment and living conditions faced by thousands of irregular migrants and asylum-seekers detained in the country each year.
- amnestyusa.org: Iran: Authorities must release wife and brother-in-law of human rights lawyer 2010-07-27
Amnesty International is calling on its worldwide membership to appeal to Iranian authorities to release the wife and brother-in-law of leading human rights lawyer Mohammad Mostafaei, who defended Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, the woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery.
- Greece must stop treating migrants as criminals 2010-07-27
A new Amnesty International report details the poor treatment and living conditions faced by thousands of irregular migrants and asylum-seekers detained in the country each year.
- amnestyusa.org: South Ossetia civil society activist beaten 2010-07-27
Amnesty International is calling on the de facto authorities in South Ossetia to conduct a full, prompt and impartial investigation into an attack on a prominent journalist and civil society activist
- amnestyusa.org: Greece: Must stop treating migrants as criminals 2010-07-27
The Greek authorities should immediately review their policy of locking up irregular migrants and asylum-seekers, including many unaccompanied children, Amnesty International said in a new report today.
- amnestyusa.org: South Ossetia civil society activist beaten 2010-07-27
Timur Tskhovrebov, who was attacked by up to 10 people, believes he was targeted because of his journalistic work and dissenting political views.