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Jamyang Kyi, well-known Tibetan musician and writer on women's issues, is believed to be the victim of an enforced disappearance. She may be at risk of torture ...
Urgent Action ASA 17/073/2008
Using the Olympic torch as an excuse to crack down on peaceful criticsis yet another bitter twist in Viet Nam’s pattern of repressinglegitimate and peaceful dissent ...
Press Release
Public. amnesty international. UN Human Rights Council. Seventh Session. 3-28 March 2008. Compilation of statements by Amnesty International. ...
Report IOR 41/010/2008
At least 1200 people were executed in 2007 and many more were killedby the state, in secret, in countries including China, Mongolia andViet Nam.
Report Abstract
In 2007 the world continued to move closer to the universal abolition of the capital punishment. A historical landmark is the resolution on a moratorium on executions ...
Report ACT 50/002/2008
1) Africa: Mali; Nigeria; Tunisia 2) Americas: Guatemala; USA 3) Asia and Pacific: China; Indonesia; North Korea 4) Europe and Central Asia: Belarus 5) Middle East ...
Report ACT 53/002/2008
Chinese human rights activist Hu Jia has been convicted of “inciting subversion of state power” and sentenced to three and a half years in prison.
Appeal For Action
Amnesty International today condemned the decision by Chinese authorities to convict human rights defender Hu Jia on charges of ‘inciting subversion of state power ...
Press Release
Hu Jia was sentenced on 3 April 2008 to three years and six months' imprisonment and one year’s deprivation of political rights for “inciting subversion of state ...
Urgent Action ASA 17/071/2008
With little more than four months to go before the Beijing Olympics, few substantial reforms have been introduced that will have a significant, positive impact ...
Report ASA 17/050/2008
