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Macedonia must guarantee the right to freedom of peaceful assembly

Posted on 13/11/2009

Amnesty International has welcomed the commitment by the Macedonian authorities to ensure that the International Day for Tolerance march in Skopje goes ahead on 16 November without hindrance. The organisation also urged the Macedonian authorities to properly protect participants in the march from ...

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Italian authorities forcibly evict another Roma community

Posted on 12/11/2009

Amnesty International has condemned the forced eviction of a community of about 400 Roma people in the Italian capital, Rome. According to local NGOs and media, around 150 police officers evicted the families from the Via Centocelle camp, in the east of the city, on Wednesday morning. All the comm ...

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Iran executes Kurdish man

Posted on 11/11/2009

Amnesty International has strongly condemned the execution in Iran on Wednesday morning of a Kurdish man sentenced to death for "enmity against God" in connection with his alleged membership of an illegal opposition group. According to reports, Ehsan Fattahian was hanged at 4am Central ...

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Hasty executions in China highlight unfair Xinjiang trials

Posted on 10/11/2009

Chinese authorities must ensure all individuals charged with offences during the July riots in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR) receive a fair trail and do not face the death penalty, Amnesty International said on Tuesday. The China Daily reported on Tuesday that the authorities pros ...

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Kenya's post-election violence suspects must be brought to justice

Posted on 06/11/2009

The Kenyan government has failed to implement a fair and credible judicial process to try those accused of carrying out human rights violations, including possible crimes against humanity, during last year’s post-election violence, said Amnesty International. Amnesty International voiced its ...

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