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Israel/Gaza: Possible Israeli Ground Incursion into Gaza Risks Increase in Civilian Casualties, Warns Amnesty International
December 30, 2008 - 10:00pmHuman Rights Organization Reiterates Call to Grant Humanitarian Workers Immediate Access to Gaza.
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Morocco/Western Sahara: Irregularities in Sahrawi activist's trial
December 22, 2008 - 10:00pmAmnesty International is concerned about the recent sentencing of Sahrawi activist Mustafa Abdel Dayem, currently on hunger strike, to three years in prison on the basis of what he claims was a falsified record of statements he made in custody
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Iran: Enforced closure of human rights centre an ominous development
December 22, 2008 - 10:00pmEnforced closure of human rights centre an ominous development
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Yemen: Threats against Jewish community
December 18, 2008 - 10:00pmAmnesty International is deeply concerned for the safety of members of the Jewish community in north-western Yemen following the killing of one member of the community and anonymous serious threats to others to leave Yemen or face death
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Israel: Conscience behind bars - youths jailed for refusing to serve in the army
December 17, 2008 - 10:00pmAmnesty International today added its voice to peace activists in Israel and around the world participating in a day of action to call on Israeli authorities to release teenagers imprisoned for refusing to serve in the army for reasons of conscience
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Iraq: Allegations of beating of Iraqi journalist must be investigated
December 16, 2008 - 10:00pmAmnesty International today called on the Iraqi authorities to investigate reports that Muntadhar al-Zaidi, the journalist who threw his shoes at US President George W
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Middle East: Human rights defenders barred from leaving Iran, Tunisia
December 10, 2008 - 10:00pmAs human rights activists across the world marked the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) yesterday, both the governments of Iran and Tunisia prevented leading human rights activists from travelling abroad
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Egypt: Interview with Egyptian human rights defender
December 9, 2008 - 10:00pmEgypt: Interview with Egyptian human rights defender
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IRAN: Halted execution highlights inherent cruelty of death penalty
December 8, 2008 - 10:00pmNews that a prisoner was cut down from the gallows a few minutes after his execution began and then taken to hospital for resuscitation highlights the inherent cruelty and arbitrary nature of the death penalty, Amnesty International said today
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Lebanon: End harassment of human rights defender Muhamad Mugraby
November 25, 2008 - 10:00pmOn the eve of the expected decision in the case against lawyer and human rights defender Muhamad Mugraby in which he is accused of slandering a public official, Amnesty International is calling on the Lebanese authorities to drop the charge
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Tunisia: Former political prisoners face harassment
November 13, 2008 - 10:00pmThe hunger strike staged since 2 October by former political prisoner, Abdellatif Bouhajila, to protest against the authorities' denial to grant him access to medical care and to issue him a passport is a stark reminder of the harassment faced by former political prisoners in Tunisia, said Amnesty International today
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Israel/Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT): Gaza ceasefire - Israel and Hamas must step back from the brink
November 4, 2008 - 10:00pmAmnesty International is concerned that the spate of Israeli and Palestinian attacks and counter-attacks in the past 24 hours could spell the end of a five-and-a-half-month ceasefire and put the civilian populations of Gaza and southern Israel once again in the line of fire
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Iran: Amnesty international condemns the latest execution of a juvenile offender
November 3, 2008 - 10:00pmAmnesty International condemns the Iranian authorities' execution of Gholamreza H
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Syria: USA must investigate reports of killing of civilians
October 29, 2008 - 10:00pmAmnesty International is calling on the US authorities to investigate reports that a cross-border raid from Iraq into Syria by US forces on Sunday killed eight civilians, including one child, in a village east of Damascus, and to disclose whether prisoners were taken during the attack, as one report suggests
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Syria: Amnesty International condemns sentencing of 12 pro-democracy activists
October 28, 2008 - 10:00pmAmnesty International condemns today's sentencing by a Syrian criminal court of 12 pro-democracy activists to two and a half years in prison
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Morocco/Western Sahara: Release school student imprisoned for offending the King
October 28, 2008 - 10:00pmAmnesty International is urging the Moroccan authorities to order the release and drop the charge against Yassine Bellasal, an 18 year old student, sentenced to a one year prison term for allegedly insulting Morocco's King, and to investigate allegations that he was beaten and threatened in police custody following his arrest
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United Arab Emirates: Whereabouts of men arrested in raids on coastal towns must be revealed
October 23, 2008 - 10:00pmAmnesty International is seeking urgent clarification regarding the whereabouts and legal status of 20 to 30 young men arrested in early October 2008 in the town of Khor Fakkan in the Emirate of Sharjah and surrounding areas located in the Emirate of Fujairah, both of which form part of the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
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Syria: Investigation into killing of Sami Ma'touq and Joni Suleiman opened, but hindered by tampered evidence
October 20, 2008 - 10:00pmAmnesty International welcomes the opening of an investigation into the killing of Sami Ma'touq and Joni Suleiman by Syrian security forces in the village of al-Mishrefeh, near the city of Homs, on 14 October 2008, but is seriously concerned by reports that the scene of the incident was tampered with yesterday
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Iran: Juveniles still to face the noose: authorities' word games exposed
October 19, 2008 - 10:00pmAmnesty International deplores the re-affirmation by a senior Iranian judicial official that Iran will continue to judicially execute juvenile offenders, clarifying a misleading statement he made on 16 October
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Iraq: New evidence further undermines the right to fair trial
October 8, 2008 - 10:00pmIraq: New evidence further undermines the right to fair trial
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