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Australian government must end state-sponsored racially discriminatory measures

Posted on 18/11/2009

Slamming decades of failure by Australian governments to address the dire living conditions, disempowerment and discrimination faced by many of the country’s Indigenous peoples, Amnesty International’s Secretary General Irene Khan warned that the government of Prime Minister Rudd must ...

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Future of Guantánamo detainees must be resolved

Posted on 18/11/2009

The US government must redouble efforts to resolve the future of detainees still held at the military facility in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, Amnesty International said after President Barack Obama acknowledged his administration would not meet his deadline for its closure. "Over recent mo ...

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Haiti government must eradicate child slavery

Posted on 17/11/2009

Authorities in Haiti must enact legislation to protect children working as domestic help in conditions that amount to slavery, said Amnesty International ahead of Universal Children’s Day. Amnesty International launched a campaign on Wednesday to press the government in Haiti to enact mea ...

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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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Cairo's poorest risk being buried alive in their homes

Posted on 12/11/2009

The Egyptian authorities must take immediate and inclusive steps to protect Cairo's poorest inhabitants living in "unsafe areas" where they are at risk from rockslides and other dangers, Amnesty International said in a new report released on Tuesday. "Thousands of Egypt' ...

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