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With the exception of Karima Abu Dalal (who was finally able to leave Gaza through an exceptional arrangement via the border with Egypt after many months’ delay ...

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Global Call to Action Against Poverty: Open letter to Permanent ...
22 August 2008

In this open letter The Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP), the world’s biggest anti-poverty coalition, welcomes the UN Secretary-General’s leadership ...

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22 August 2008

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19 August 2008

Humanitarian organizations report that they are still prevented from delivering aid to the disputed region of South Ossetia, leading to fears that civilians in ...

Urgent Action       EUR 56/008/2008

India: Indigenous communities at risk of forced eviction in Orissa
14 August 2008

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index No ASA 20/017/2008. 14 August 2008. India: Indigenous communities at risk of forced eviction in Orissa. ...

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Israel/Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT)/Egypt: Freedom of ...
14 August 2008

Some 400 Palestinian students may lose their university places and scholarships unless the Israeli authorities allow them to leave the Gaza Strip before the new ...

Urgent Action       MDE 15/033/2008

Guatemala: Fear for safety: Amilcar de Jesús Pop Ac (m)
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Amilcar de Jesús Pop Ac has been threatened with death at gunpoint by masked men, apparently in connection with his work as President of the Mayan Lawyers’ Association ...

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No moving backwards for Myanmar | Amnesty International
8 August 2008

Twenty years after the brief flowering of people power in Myanmar,however, little has improved for the millions of people still sufferingunder repressive rule.

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