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

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Upholding human rights while confronting climate change

29 September 2009

Unless states take prompt, adequate action to address its effects, climate change could become a major threat to the realization of human rights.
European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg, France

Denied protection in Turkey - refugees unlawfully detained

28 September 2009

Every year, thousands of people from countries including Afghanistan, Iraq and Iran arrive in Turkey seeking protection from persecution.
Artwork by Aishah, aged 13, daughter of disappeared Masood Janjua, taken during a bus trip to Peshawar, Pakistan, 30 July 2005

Seven more ratifications needed for Enforced Disappearance Convention to enter into force

28 August 2009

Governments use enforced disappearance as a tool of repression to silence dissent and eliminate political opposition, as well as to persecute ethnic, religious and political groups. Seven more countries need to commit to the UN's Convention on Enforced Disappearance for it to come into force.
Former journalist Lubna Hussein leaves the cafe where she was arrested in Khartoum for wearing trousers

Sudanese authorities must abolish the punishment of flogging and repeal discriminatory laws

24 August 2009

Thirteen girls and women were arrested in July for wearing trousers. Ten were punished with 10 lashes and a fine. Lubna Ahmed Al Hussein has refused the pardon offered her, bringing attention to the violation of the rights of girls and women in Sudan.
Kibera slum in Kenya

Call for governments to sign up to defend economic, social and cultural rights

13 August 2009

Hunger, homelessness and preventable diseases are not inevitable social problems or simply the result of natural disasters – they are a violation of people’s economic, social and cultural rights.

Iraq authorities must investigate excessive use of force in Camp Ashraf

13 August 2009

Nine Camp Ashraf residents were killed and hundreds more were injured when Iraqi security forces stormed the camp on 28 July.
Devi Sunuwar, holding a photograph of her daughter Maina, standing beside a photograph of her exhumed grave, 10 February 2009.

Demand accountability in Nepal

6 August 2009

On 17 February 2004, members of the Nepal Army took 15 year-old Maina Sunuwar from her home and tortured her to death at a nearby army camp.