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Egypt: Deadly journey through the desert

Since mid-2007, hundreds of refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants most of them from countries in sub-Saharan Africa have risked their lives trying to cross the Egyptian border into Israel.

Civilians vulnerable after hostilities in Georgia

Civilians in Georgia remain vulnerable to serious human rights abuses, including attacks on the basis of their ethnicity, despite the end of large-scale hostilities.

Sudan holds hundreds without charge after 10 May attack

After eight alleged members of the Justice and Equality Movement were sentenced to death by Sudan's Anti-Terrorism Special Courts, hundreds more are still detained.

Chinese authorities’ broken promises threaten Olympic legacy

As the Olympic Games begin, Amnesty International's report shows that the Chinese authorities have broken their promise to improve the country’s human rights situation and betrayed the core values of the Olympics.

Tens of thousands at risk in Sri Lanka as fighting escalates

The Sri Lankan military and the opposing Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) are putting displaced civilians in danger as fighting continues in northern Sri Lanka.

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Romani pupils at the special school of Pavlovce nad Uhom, eastern Slovakia

Slovakia urged to end segregation of Romani children

Segregation of Romani children in special schools providing inferior education is a form of unlawful discrimination.

Major step forward in Paraguay's investigations into sexual slavery of girls

Julia Ozorio Gamecho is the first woman to tell the Truth and Justice Commission about how she was sexually abused by the military during General Alfredo Stroessner's regime.

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