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Twenty three Shi’a Muslims have been accused of terrorism and plotting to overthrow the government as part of an increased clampdown on opposition and human rights activists. Three men who were tortured and jailed after their forced return from Australia, are at risk of further abuse when they are returned to prison from hospital. Amnesty International urges the country’s parliament to reject a draft law, set to be debated this week, prohibiting the wearing in public of clothes which prevent identification. Amnesty International is urging the Slovak government to immediately end the segregation of Romani children in the country’s education system A new Amnesty International briefing points to serious gaps in the enforcement and monitoring of the ban on discrimination and segregation in the Slovak educational system. A new Amnesty International report details how the ambiguity of the ‘genocide ideology’ and ’sectarianism’ laws is used to suppress political dissent and stifle freedom of speech. Amnesty International has criticized the Kenyan government for its failure to arrest Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir during his visit to the country to join celebrations ushering in Kenya’s new constitution. Abdallah Abu Rahma, head of the "Popular Committee Against the Wall" in the West Bank village of Bil’in, now faces imprisonment for exercising his right to freedom of expression. |
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