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Appeals for Action

Amnesty International has helped save thousands of lives by stopping torture, preventing executions and protecting human rights defenders.

Turkey urged to respect LGBT people's right to freedom of association

3 July 2008

A local court in Istanbul ordered the closure of the Turkish lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender solidarity organization, Lambda Istanbul. Such a closure violates the right to freedom of association.

Make human rights in Tunisia a reality

25 June 2008

It is time for the Tunisian authorities to live up to their lofty rhetoric on human rights.
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End rendition and secret detention: Europe’s duty

24 June 2008

As France takes over the Presidency of the EU in July 2008, call on the French President to ensure that all EU governments cooperate to end rendition and secret detention.
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Indonesia urged to ratify the Rome Statute

2 May 2008

Indonesia must fulfil its commitment to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court in 2008, Amnesty International has urged.
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Thousands lost in Kashmir mass graves

18 April 2008

Call on India to investigate allegations of enforced disappearances and mass graves in Kashmir and Jammu.
Patrick Okoroafor in prison

Free Nigerian prisoner

18 April 2008

Patrick Okoroafor was just 14 years old when he was arrested in May 1995. Two years later, he was sentenced to death for robbery.
Refugee children re-enact the destruction of a village in Darfur, Sudan with clay figures

Darfur's children of conflict

9 April 2008

The United Nations-African Union peacekeeping force to Darfur was deployed on 31 December 2007, but little has changed for the children of the region.