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Tunisia releases prisoners held over Gafsa protests
The release of 68 prisoners, held for over a year in connection with popular protests last year against unemployment and high living costs in the resource-rich Gafsa region, has been welcomed by Amnesty International.The organization also called on the...
Tags: Amnesty
Saudi Arabia executes three more foreign nationals
The executions of three foreign nationals in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday have been strongly condemned by Amnesty International.Two Sri Lankans and one Indian were beheaded in the city of Jeddah. They had been sentenced to death in June 2007 for their alleged...
Tags: Amnesty, Executions
Côte d'Ivoire authorities must ensure Trafigura toxic waste compensation reaches victims
Amnesty International on Thursday urged the authorities in Côte d'Ivoire to ensure that $45 million compensation paid by the oil trading company Trafigura to victims of one of the worst toxic dumping scandals in recent years reaches the people to...
Tags: Amnesty, Taxic waste
Acts of torture by Guyanese police must be punished : Amnesty
Amnesty International has urged the Guyanese authorities to charge police officers involved in the torture and ill-treatment of three individuals, including a 15-year-old boy, who were detained in relation to a murder investigation. Police officers...
Africa: Governments must reaffirm commitment to International Criminal Court
Amnesty International today urged African government representatives meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to reaffirm their support for the International Criminal Court (ICC). In a memorandum published this week, The International Criminal Court:...
Italy: Convictions in rendition case a step toward accountability
The convictions of US and Italian intelligence agents for their involvement in the abduction of Usama Mostafa Hassan Nasr (better known as Abu Omar) mark a step toward accountability for crimes committed in the course of the USA’s “rendition”...
Tags: Amnesty
Nigeria: Rivers State government set to demolish more homes
Amnesty International today warned hundreds of people – including many women and children – may be left homeless tomorrow morning if plans to demolish their homes to make way for a commercial development go ahead. According to information...
Tags: Amnesty
UN General Assembly must end war crimes whitewash
On the eve of a United Nations General Assembly debate, Amnesty International has called on UN ambassadors in New York to grasp a unique opportunity to address accountability for war crimes in Gaza and southern Israel earlier in the year.The General Assembly...
Iranian activist banned from receiving human rights award in Geneva
The Iranian authorities should lift a longstanding travel ban on journalist and activist Emadeddin Baghi, which has prevented him from receiving in person the prestigious Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders (MEA), said Amnesty International.The...
Tags: Amnesty
World Bank Financing for Continued Growth, Enhanced Poverty Reduction in Botswana
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a US$136.4 million loan for the Morupule ‘B’ Generation and Transmission Project, a direct response to requests from the Government of Botswana to support its drive for energy...
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