August 2005

Posted: 31 Aug 2005

Posted: 31 Aug 2005

Posted: 31 Aug 2005

Posted: 31 Aug 2005

Posted: 31 Aug 2005

AIUK can supply local Groups with a printed list or labels giving the name and address of current or new members in the area [we cannot supply email addresses]. Posted: 31 Aug 2005

Posted: 30 Aug 2005

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Posted: 30 Aug 2005

Amnesty International is deeply concerned about the UK government's plan to forcibly return scores of rejected Iraqi asylum-seekers to Kurdish areas in Iraq which the organization considers are neither stable nor safe. The authorities are yet to set a date for the return, but there is increasing speculation that the deportations are imminent. Many rejected Iraqi asylum-seekers have already been detained. Posted: 26 Aug 2005

Amnesty International is calling on the Iranian authorities to prevent the execution of two teenagers in Iran sentenced to death in defiance of the international ban on executing child offenders. Iran has reportedly already executed at least seven child offenders so far this year. Posted: 25 Aug 2005

The new measures, proposed today by the UK government, targeting non-nationals considered to be threatening public order, national security and the rule of law, violate basic human rights and the UK's international obligations, Amnesty International said today. Posted: 24 Aug 2005

The failure of successive governments in Bangladesh to stop the harassment and killings of government critics and human rights campaigners is actually encouraging further violence and killings, said Amnesty International in a new report. Posted: 23 Aug 2005

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Posted: 23 Aug 2005