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Press Releases

Amnesty International launches Bangla website and discusses freedom of expression in Bangladesh - 8 January 2008

Amnesty International Secretary General, Irene Khan, will talk about the state of freedom of expression in Bangladesh at a seminar in Dhaka on January 9th at 6 pm

Guantánamo: Amnesty International stages worldwide protests for sixth anniversary - 8 January 2008

To mark the sixth anniversary of the first transfers of detainees to Guantánamo Bay, Amnesty International is leading worldwide events to seek the immediate closure of the detention centre and an end to all illegal detentions.

Irene Khan visits Rajshahi Bangladesh - 8 January 2008

A high-level Amnesty International delegation, led by Secretary-General Irene Khan, visited Tangail and Rajshahi on Sunday 6th and Monday 7th January, before returning to Dhaka.

China: Amnesty International calls for end to executions, not expansion of lethal injection method - 3 January 2008

Amnesty International today strongly condemned the expansion of China’s lethal injection programme and called on the Chinese authorities to accelerate the abolition of the death penalty.

Kenya: Amnesty International condemns killings in post-election violence - 3 January 2008

Amnesty International today strongly condemned the increasing number of politically-motivated killings of civilians by groups of armed youths in different parts of Kenya during the last few days and expressed particular concern at the developing ethnic-related nature of the violence.

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Amnesty International delegation at Microfinance Village organization meeting at Tangail, Bangladesh, 6 January 2008

Empowering the poor in Bangladesh

8 January 2008

Amnesty International met with a leading NGO in Bangladesh to explore the way in which the poor are organizing themselves to overcome poverty, gender inequality and illiteracy.