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Gaza: End Impunity for Indiscriminate Rocket Attacks

Rocket Attack Kills Migrant Worker in Israel

March 19, 2010

Press release
Burma: Military Government Frees US Citizen

More Than 2,100 Political Prisoners Should be Released Before Elections

March 18, 2010

Press release
Honduras: Investigate Attacks on Journalists

Wave of Killings and Threats Undermine Free Expression

March 19, 2010

Press release
Spain: End Amnesty for Franco Era Atrocities

Prosecuting Judge who Challenged Amnesty Undermines Accountability

March 19, 2010

Press release
Protect Jewelry Industry from the Taint of Blood Diamonds

March 18, 2010

Commentary
Madrid needs to stand up for the forgotten children of Tenerife

The Canary Islands' treatment of its boat children is a disgrace

March 18, 2010

Commentary
Bangladesh: Hundreds Held One Year After Massacre

Investigate Allegations of Killings and Torture in Custody

March 17, 2010

Press release
Mississippi Stops Segregating Prisoners With HIV

Alabama and South Carolina Last States to Maintain Discriminatory Policy

March 17, 2010

Press release

Fast-Tracked Unfairness

Detention and Denial of Women Asylum Seekers in the UK
From the Tiger to the Crocodile

Abuse of Migrant Workers in Thailand
Torture Redux

The Revival of Physical Coercion during Interrogations in Bahrain