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Security and human rights
The spring that never blossomed-freedoms suppressed in Azerbaijan
16/11/2011The rights to freedom of expression and assembly in azerbaijan are severely restricted. in spite of this, youth activists, political opposition parties and others organized public protests in march and april 2011, demanding more freedoms and regime change.
Investigation into Polish complicity in the US-led rendition programmes must lead to accountability
03/08/2011
Following the Polish Prosecutor General’s decision to extend for a further six months the investigation into the involvement of Polish authorities in the US-led rendition and secret detention programmes, Amnesty International calls on the Prosecutor General’s office to ensure that the investigation is full, independent, impartial, and effective, and results in real accountability.
Côte d’Ivoire: Arbitrary detention of actual or perceived supporters of Laurent Gbagbo
27/06/2011
Following the arrest of Laurent Gbagbo, the former President of Côte d’Ivoire, on 11 April 2011, dozens of individuals have been arrested and are detained arbitrarily, without charge or trial, in circumstances that contravene international fair trial standards.
Letter to PSC Ambassadors on the EU Training Mission in Somalia
06/05/2011
On the occasion of the Political and Security Committee visit to the EU Training Mission in Somalia, Amnesty International makes recommendations on supporting security sector institutions in Somalia and raises various questions on the training of Somali forces, including on their knowledge of human rights and international humanitarian law.
Letter to Ashton Covering Lebanon Report 150411
18/04/2011A letter covering the Amnesty International report 'Never Forgotten: Lebanon's Missing People'
Never Forgotten - Lebanon's Missing People - April 2011
18/04/2011Thousands of people who disappeared during the bitter civil war that wracked lebanon from 1975-90 and its aftermath are still missing. some were detained by different parties to the conflict, others may have been killed in the fighting or caught up in the massacres that punctuated the war and dumped in mass graves where their bodies lay unidentified. others simply vanished. Their relatives suffer unrelenting pain and anguish as a result; they remain determined to find out what happened.
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Music album for International Roma Day
06/04/2012
To coincide with International Roma Day, Amnesty International proudly presents its Roma music album. Music is a vital ...
PEOPLE UNDER THREAT: Fatima Hussein Badi, Death Penalty, Yemen
26/03/2012
Around the world people are suffering the consequences of having their human rights violated. Amnesty International calls on the Danish presidency to ensure the EU’s active engagement in these cases.
Recommendations to the Danish EU Presidency
04/01/2012
We present specific recommendations on human rights policy for the Danish presidency to deliver during its six-month term as President of the Council of the European Union (January-July 2012).