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Individuals at Risk
Iranian student released on bail
Rose Kulak
25 January 2010, 04:17PM
Iranian political science student Payam Jahangiry was released on bail on 17 January after six weeks’ detention without charge in the city of Shiraz, Iran.
Individuals at Risk
Prisoner’s brother released
Rose Kulak
21 January 2010, 04:24PM
Tunisian Walid Romdhani was released on 20 January. His arrest was believed to be linked to his work to expose the torture and other ill-treatment of his imprisoned brother, Ramzi Romdhani.
Individuals at Risk
Imprisoned Mexican indigenous man freed after ten years
Rose Kulak
6 January 2010, 01:12PM
Ricardo Ucán Ceca, from Yucatán, was released on 31 December 2009 having been imprisoned since June 2000 following an unfair trial for murder.
Individuals at Risk
Missing worker in China returns home
Rose Kulak
24 December 2009, 04:44PM
Zhuang Lu, a 27-year-old woman who worked for the Open Constitution Initiative, a legal aid and research organization, is now known to be staying at her parents' home in China.
Refugees' Human Rights
A short stay on Christmas Island
Jessica Baird
22 December 2009, 03:41PM
In December 2009, our research team spent one week on Christmas Island to investigate conditions inside the immigration detention centre there and in the permanent communities on the island.
Your Human Rights
Goodbye 2009 - where we’re at
Beck T
22 December 2009, 11:12AM
December 2009 marks a year since the Federal Government announced its public consultation on a human rights act for Australia and we're determined to keep it high on their agenda.
Individuals at Risk
Justice close for 800 families in Brazil
Rose Kulak
18 December 2009, 04:40PM
The families who suffered a violent forced eviction in August from the Olga Benário settlement in the south of São Paulo, have won a major victory in their long fight for housing rights.
Stop Violence Against Women
‘Super agency’ for women
Beck T
16 December 2009, 05:23PM
After three years of discussions, the General Assembly of the UN has unanimously voted to create one coherent agency to advance women’s rights.
Demand Dignity
Birth and death in Sierra Leone
By Katie Hamann
11 December 2009, 02:35PM
Katie Hamann explores the tragic scale of maternal mortality in Sierra Leone, where one in eight women die from treatable complications during pregnancy and childbirth..
Demand Dignity
Women on the frontline
Beck T
10 December 2009, 11:01AM
Women often bear the brunt of poverty and human rights abuses; but as activists they use these roles to trigger positive social change. To mark World Human Rights Day, Amnesty International spoke to three women who put their lives on the line in defence of human rights.
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