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Government must not be allowed to silence African Union

8 juli 2005

Amnesty International today urged the African Union (AU) to challenge attempts by the government of Zimbabwe to frustrate the AU's investigation of the current human rights crisis in Zimbabwe.

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Amnesty International condemns bomb attacks in London

7 juli 2005

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Amnesty International condemns in the strongest possible terms the multiple
bombings that have claimed an unconfirmed number of lives and seriously
injured many more people in London today. Explosions have been reported at
six Underground stations and on one bus.

"Our thoughts and sympathy are first and foremost with those who have
become the victims of senseless violence this morning," said Irene Khan,
Secretary General of Amnesty International.

"At this moment, more than ever, we must overcome fear with hope,

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Amnesty International vraagt Minister Verdonk ruimhartig te zijn ten opzichte van asielzoekers uit Srebrenica

7 juli 2005

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Op de tiende verjaardag van de moord op omstreeks 8.000 Bosnische moslims uit Srebrenica, vraagt Amnesty International aan Minister Verdonk om ruimhartig zijn ten opzichte van de ruim 200 asielzoekers uit Srebrenica die in Nederland verblijven.
Daarnaast vraagt de mensenrechtenorganisatie om berechting van de daders, veilige teugkeer van de slachtoffers en het open houden van het Joegoslavië Tribunaal na 2010.

Straffeloosheid en ‘verdwijningen’

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New constitution provides sweeping immunity for high level officials

6 juli 2005

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The new Interim Consitition for Sudan, ratified today, provides sweeping immunity for the highest levels of the Sudanese government and demonstrates that the government is not serious about combating impunity, said Amnesty International.

The organization added that this provides further evidence that the government of Sudan should not sideline the International Criminal Court in favour of national prosecutions of possible war crimes committed in the armed conflict in Darfur.

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Freedom for 200 but many more still in prison

6 juli 2005

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Amnesty International welcomes the release from prison today of more than 200 political prisoners, including more than 100 from Insein Prison in Yangon.

"We are happy to hear of the release of prisoners of conscience, many of whom have been imprisoned for more than a decade," said Catherine Baber, Deputy Asia Program Director of Amnesty International.

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Illegal arms exports fuelling killings, mass rape and torture

5 juli 2005

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Large quantities of weapons and ammunition from the Balkans and eastern Europe are flowing into Africa's conflict-ridden Great Lakes region, despite evidence of their use in gross human rights violations, according to new research issued today.

The shipments have continued to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) despite a peace process initiated in 2002 and a United Nations arms embargo.

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Detention regime in breach of international human rights

30 juni 2005

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During two years we are living in a prison without committing any crime.... support us and give our message to all the world that we need freedom.... it is needed for every human being."
Nauru detainee

"We came to a country we heard has human rights and freedom. We can't believe what's happening to us... We haven't any human rights. We are just like animals. We do not have a normal life like a human. Our feeling is dead. Out thinking is dead. We are very sad about everything. We can't smile."

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African and international civil society groups in fourteen capitals call on African Union leadership to ensure Charles Taylor faces justice

30 juni 2005

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African and international civil society groups are today launching a campaign urging the African Union (AU) Assembly to demonstrate its human rights commitment when it meets in Libya next week by ensuring that Charles Taylor faces justice for the crimes that he committed against African men, women and children.

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More deaths as mass evictions continue unabated

30 juni 2005

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Amnesty International has received information that at least three have died -- including a pregnant woman and a four-year-old child -- during a chaotic mass eviction at least 10,000 people from Porta Farm, an informal settlement on the outskirts of Harare established by the government more than 10 years ago.

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Deliver on human rights: Amnesty’s appeal to the UK presidency of the EU

28 juni 2005

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A strong human rights agenda can help the European Union overcome its political and institutional crisis and reaffirm the EU as a Union of values, says Amnesty International in its recommendations to the UK Presidency of the EU.

Amnesty International says its human rights proposals to the UK Presidency, released today in Brussels and London, add up to an ambitious program that would strengthen the EU’s leading role on human rights both at home and abroad.

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Persvoorlichters

	Lars van Troost (Hoofd persvoorlichting) 020-7733666 06-14778824 l [dot] vantroost [at] amnesty [dot] nl
	Ruud Bosgraaf 020-7733667 06-23341533 r [dot] bosgraaf [at] amnesty [dot] nl
	Nicole Sprokel 020-7733677 06-22109964 n [dot] sprokel [at] amnesty [dot] nl
	Emile Affolter 020-7733669 06-34490977 e [dot] affolter [at] amnesty [dot] nl