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Action around the world for Democratic Republic of Congo | Amnesty ...
27 November 2008

Activists are demonstrating around the world to call for urgent andeffective protection of civilians in Eastern Democratic Republic ofCongo.

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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights visits Amnesty International ...
12 November 2008

The recently appointed UN High Commissioner for Human Rights metrepresentatives of NGOs at a meetinghosted by Amnesty International in London on Tuesday.

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UK's highest court to hear key test cases on deportations with ...
22 October 2008

The UK’s highest court will begin hearing two important test casesrelated to human rights and the UK government's counter-terrorismpolicies on Thursday.

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Five jailed in Chile ten years after Pinochet arrest | Amnesty ...
16 October 2008

Chile's Supreme Court jailed five retired military officials onWednesday for involvement in the "Caravan of Death" – one of the casesfor which Augusto Pinochet ...

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Video: Tenth anniversary of Pinochet Arrest | Amnesty ...
15 October 2008

Brother and sister Jimmy and Myriam Bell, who were schoolchildren inSantiago, Chile, during the 1973 coup, discuss their experiences under thePinochet regime.

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UK House of Lords rejects 42-day detention | Amnesty International
13 October 2008

The House of Lords rejected proposals on Monday that would allow theperiod of pre-charge detention in terrorism cases to be extended up to42 days.

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UK House of Lords to vote on 42-day detention | Amnesty ...
13 October 2008

The House of Lords in the UK is expected to vote on Monday on proposalsthat would allow the period of pre-charge detention in terrorism casesto be extended.

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Video: Protest launches tour against enforced disappearance in ...
3 September 2008

Amnesty International called on the Pakistan government to reveal thefate and whereabouts of hundreds of disappeared people, amidinternational protests to mark ...

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UK: Government must provide information about rendition ...
29 August 2008

Amnesty International calls on the government of the UK to givethe lawyers for Binyam Mohamed, a former UK resident imprisoned atGuantánamo Bay, information which ...

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