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Archive for: 08/2006
Uganda: Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people targeted
Amnesty International strongly condemns the ongoing targeting and intimidation of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in Uganda. The organisation is particularly concerned by reports of harassment against LGBT people in the past week. These reports come after the publication on 8 August 2006 in the Red Pepper magazine of the names of several men the magazine claimed are gay.
South Asia: “War on terror” spawns enforced disappearance
New patterns of enforced disappearance related to the "war on terror" have emerged in South Asia alongside the long-standing problems in countries such as Nepal and Sri Lanka.
Australia: Draconian laws in action undermine Australia’s human rights obligations
The first control order issued today under Australia's new anti-terror legislation heralds a regrettable period for Australia's human rights record said Amnesty International Australia.
Australia: Draconian laws in action undermine Australia’s human rights obligations
The first control order issued today under Australia's new anti-terror legislation heralds a regrettable period for Australia's human rights record said Amnesty International Australia.
Australia: Draconian laws in action undermine Australia’s human rights obligations
The first control order issued today under Australia's new anti-terror legislation heralds a regrettable period for Australia's human rights record said Amnesty International Australia.
Brazil: Conviction in the Baixada Fluminense case
The conviction of Carlos Jorge Carvalho, military police officer in Rio de Janeiro, for his involvement in the indiscriminate killings of 29 civilians in the Baixada Fluminense area of Rio de Janeiro on 31 March 2005 is an important step in fighting impunity for human rights violators, Amnesty International has stated.
United Arab Emirates: Harassment of activists must stop
Amnesty International is alarmed at the recent measures of intimidation and harassment of human rights activists in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Peru: New government must deal with past violations
On the third anniversary of the publication of the Peruvian Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Final Report, Amnesty International urged the new government to develop and implement at long last a comprehensive plan of action to comply with the Commission's recommendations, including those recommendations to guarantee the rights of the victims to truth and justice.
Mexico: Federal government must address Oaxaca’s crisis
Amnesty International today urged Mexico's federal authorities to ensure authorities in Oaxaca prevent further violence in the state and investigate human rights violations committed by local militias reportedly backed by the security forces.
China: Chen Guangcheng is prisoner of conscience
Human rights activist Chen Guangcheng was today sentenced to four years and three months in prison. Chen was charged with "damaging public property and gathering people to block traffic" in June 2006, after he had been detained incommunicado for three months.
United Kingdom: Algerian deportation an affront to justice
Amnesty International is deeply dismayed at today's decision of the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) dismissing the appeal of an Algerian man, known for legal reasons as "Y", against his deportation on national security grounds.
Amir Pasteur and Itamar Shapira released
Two conscientious objectors have been released from prison in Israel. Amir Pasteur was released on 24 August and Itamar Shapira on 25 August.
Equatorial Guinea: 300 hundred families evicted and homeless
Amnesty International is concerned about reports of recent forced evictions carried out in Malabo, capital of Equatorial Guinea which have left about 300 families homeless. The authorities must stop the continuing systematic practice of mass forced evictions.
Murat Kurnaz released from Guantanamo
Murat Kurnaz before his
detentionReleased from Guantanamo on 24 August 2006, Murat Kurnaz had been held for four years and eight months without charge or trial. The only contact he had been allowed with his family was through heavily censored letters.
Palestinian Authority: Fear for safety of abducted journalists
Amnesty International calls for the immediate release of journalist Steve Centanni and cameraman Olaf Wiig, who were abducted by Palestinian gunmen on 14 August in the Gaza Strip.
Israel/Lebanon: Evidence indicates deliberate destruction of civilian infrastructure
Amnesty International today published findings that point to an Israeli policy of deliberate destruction of Lebanese civilian infrastructure, which included war crimes, during the recent conflict.
Sri Lanka: AI calls for urgent action to protect civilians
Amnesty International is alarmed that escalating fighting in Sri Lanka has resulted in the death and injury of scores of civilians, the displacement of more than 160,000 people and the destruction of homes, schools and places of worship.
Burundi: An imperative need for justice
This period of the year marks the remembrance of the massacre of civilians in Burundi at Itaba and Gatumba. On 9 September 2002 between 173 and 267 people were killed at Itaba and on 13 August 2004 at least 160 were massacred at Gatumba.
Nigeria: Abia State police kill 16 ‘armed robbers’
Amnesty International, the Nigerian Civil Liberties Organization (CLO) and Access to Justice are alarmed at reports indicating that 12 suspected "armed robbers" who were held in police custody in the Abia State police headquarters may have been extrajudicially executed by the police in Abia State on 10 or 11 August.
Iraq: Flaws in trial before tribunal should not be repeated
The trial of Saddam Hussain and seven others before the Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal was a deeply flawed process and urgent changes are needed to ensure that future trials before the Tribunal conform to international standards for fair trial, Amnesty International said today.
Release of Miranda brothers welcome
Amnesty International welcomes the unconditional release from prison of prisoners of conscience Leonardo and Marcelino Miranda on 15 August and 12 July respectively following a decision by the Supreme Court on 12 July 2006 acquitting them of a 2001 murder. They had been in prison since January 2003.
XVI International AIDS Conference: Time to deliver
As the XVI International AIDS Conference in Toronto comes to an end, Amnesty International issues an urgent call to governments and to the international community to place human rights at the centre of responses to HIV/AIDS.
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