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Angola bad choice to host World Habitat Day

The choice of the Angolan capital Luanda to lead the global observance of this year's World Habitat Day provoked controversy among housing and human rights organizations.

Video: Anna Politkovskaya remembered, danger for activists continues in russia

Two years after the murder of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, human rights activists and journalists are still at risk in the Russian Federation, in particular in the North Caucasus region.

No truth, no justice 40 years after Mexico City massacre

Forty years ago, the Mexican army opened fire on students peacefully demonstrating in Tlatelolco, Mexico City, on 2 October 1968.

The human cost of war in Georgia

Tens of thousands of displaced people are still unable to return home after the Georgia-Russia conflict. Amnesty International collected eye-witness accounts from survivors of the hostilities and took photographs of the war's aftermath.

Sarajevo Queer Festival organizers still under threat

The lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights activists and the participants of the Sarajevo Queer Festival continue to receive death threats.

Good News

Moroccan blogger freed

The Court of Appeal in Agadir, Morocco, has overturned the two-year sentence imposed on blogger Mohamed Erraji.

In focus

CONTROL ARMS

Every year, more than 300,000 people are killed with conventional weapons. Many of these weapons come from the poorly regulated international arms market.

Appeals for Action

Violence surrounds Sarajevo Queer festival

Attacks at the end of the first day of the Sarajevo Queer Festival left eight people injured and forced the organizers to close the rest of the festival to the public and eventually cancel the whole event.

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