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Mauritania's security forces guilty of routine torture

The country's security forces have adopted torture as the preferred method of investigation and repression, according to a new Amnesty International report.
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Zimbabwean authorities target activists and trade unionists

A Zimbabwean human rights activist was abducted from her home at dawn on Wednesday by a group of armed plain-clothes men who identified themselves as policemen.
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People of DRC need action, not words

The United Nations is not doing enough to help protect civilians in the Democratic Republic of Congo, warns Amnesty International.

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Unexploded bomblet from cluster bomb lies on the road near the main hospital in Tibnin, Lebanon

Landmark cluster bomb treaty signed in Oslo

Ninety two states have signed the Convention on Cluster Munitions - which bans the production, stockpiling, use and export of cluster bombs.
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2008 Marks the 60th anniversary of the
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Displaced people in Kibati camp, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), November 2008.  © UNHCR/P. Taggart

Protect the people of DRC

The United Nations Security Council's resolution authorizing the reinforcement of the UN peacekeeping force in the DRC is a welcome step. Now it's time to turn words into action.
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