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Syria must drop sentences against 14 POCs
(02/04/04)

Israel/Occupied Territories: Israel must facilitate, not hinder, relief for the occupied population
(02/04/04)

Amnesty International's recommendations to the UN Department of Peace Keeping Operations and the Security Council on field presence in Haiti
(02/04/04)

USA: True leadership must lead by example -- Mexican national scheduled to die in the US
(02/04/04)

China: Detention of Tiananmen Mothers
(01/04/04)

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South Korea: Open letter to Acting President Goh Kun - Continued use of the draconian National Security Law
(03/04/04)

USA: Osvaldo Torres, Mexican national denied consular rights, scheduled to die
(02/04/04)

Nepal: Will human rights be fully protected?
(01/04/04)

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Stop violence against women

AI members participated all over Pakistan in Rallies, Demos and Seminars to mark the launch of the Stop Violence Against Women campaign.

With marches, demonstrations, flags and music, Amnesty International members and supporters declared to the world that this human rights scandal could no longer be ignored.
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Haitian police on patrol, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, video still

Crisis in Haiti

AI is extremely concerned by the ongoing human rights abuses between rebel forces, armed pro-Aristide militias and Haitian National Police. More

Haiti: Convicted human rights violators must not be allowed to walk free. Take action!

Oleg Volchek (left), chair of Legal Assistance to the Population, before a court hearing deciding on the organization's closure. Minsk City Court, 5 September 2003.

Belarus: Stop the silencing of human rights defenders

Human rights defenders are subject to a deliberate pattern of obstruction, harassment and intimidation used by the Belarusian authorities to ultimately silence them. Take action!

Death sentence is passed against a woman who was immediately executed with three other people on drugs charges.

Executed "according to law"? The death penalty in China

In view of the profound failings in China's criminal justice system, Amnesty International calls on the Chinese government to impose an immediate moratorium on use of the death penalty.
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Soba Kapassa residents build makeshift shelters after they were forcibly evicted and their homes demolished by the government, 2002.

Angola: Stop forcible eviction of families

In recent years, thousands of families living in the Angolan capital, Luanda, have been driven from their homes. These forced evictions must stop.
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