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Aug 14 2013 3:08PM
Blogger and photographer tortured, lawyer held for tweeting about it

In a further attack on free speech, the Bahrain authorities have detained and tortured blogger Mohammad Hassan Sudayf and photographer Hussain Hubail, apparently for sharing information on social networks. Tweet Update, Friday 11...

Aug 10 2013 12:37AM
Honduras: Human rights activists abducted while defending children's rights

Since 2012 members of the Nueva Esperanza community have been campaigning against a local mining project which is disrupting the lives of local communities and threatens to rob them of their right to self-determination, as stipulated...

Aug 9 2013 5:48PM
Indigenous Day in Bangladesh

I had the privilege of attending the Indigenous day celebrations in Dhaka on 9 th August 2011. It was a wonderful colourful event. I saw the clothes and dances of the peoples of the Chittagong Hill Tracts that I was familiar with and...

Aug 9 2013 3:33PM
Happy 1st Birthday Amnesty India

One year ago the doors to Amnesty’s office in India opened for the first time. The team hit the ground running, and 12 months on it’s really exciting to see the impact they are having working with and mobilising ordinary people like...

Aug 8 2013 11:31PM
Romania: Stop new forced eviction of Roma in Baia Mare

Romani families in the Craica settlement in the town of Baia Mare, Romania, are at imminent risk of a new forced eviction. On 2 August, approximately 30 families reportedly received orders asking them to leave their houses by 5 August...