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USA: Pattern of brutality and cruelty -- war crimes at Abu Ghraib
(07/05/04)

Libya: Quash death sentences against foreign medical professionals
(06/05/04)

AI: the Romanian government fails to acknowledge the human tragedy unfolding in psychiatric hospitals
(06/05/04)

Kosovo: Trafficked women and girls have human rights
(06/05/04)

Zimbabwe: Police place human rights under siege
(05/05/04)

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Kosovo: Protecting the human rights of women and girls trafficked for forced prostitution in Kosovo
(06/05/04)

Romania: Memorandum to the government concerning inpatient psychiatric treatment
(04/05/04)

Viet Nam: Renewed concern for the Montagnard minority
(28/04/04)

Libya: Time to make human rights a reality
(27/04/04)

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Pattern of brutality and cruelty -- war crimes at Abu Ghraib

Razor wire in front of observation tower, Abu Ghraib prison, Baghdad

In an open letter to US President George W. Bush, Amnesty International said that abuses allegedly committed by US agents in the Abu Ghraib facility in Baghdad were war crimes.

Amnesty International has documented a pattern of abuse by US agents against detainees, including in Iraq and Afghanistan, stretching back over the past two years. More

Background: Iraq - People come first

Genocide survivor, Rwanda

Women of Rwanda:
marked for death

10 years on from the genocide and war of 1994, the women of Rwanda are still seeking redress for the violence done to them. Take action!

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Haitians walk through the streets in the LaSaline district of Port-au-Prince, Haiti

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

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The arrest of Alyaksandr Bukhvostov in Minsk

Belarus: Stop the silencing of trade union activists

The Belarusian authorities are trying to silence trade union activists through a deliberate campaign of obstruction, harassment and intimidation. Take action!

Relatives of the "disappeared" in the province (wilaya) of Relizane, western Algeria, during their weekly demonstration outside the regional government authority.

Algeria: Stop destroying evidence

Investigations must be carried out into the thousands of "disappearances" and other crimes against humanity committed in Algeria during the last decade. Take action!

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