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Albertine, a 25-year-old mother o two rom Burkina Faso, died o childbirth complications a ter her treatment was delayed.Her brother-in-law had to make several long trips to and rom the hospital to borrow over US $100 - signi cantly more than the

average monthly income - to pay or medicine and blood. Albertines story is not unique. Every year, more than 358,000 womenaround the world die rom complications o pregnancy and childbirth. Almost all o these deaths can be prevented i all womenhave timely access to quality maternal health care. I passed, the Global MOMS Act will be an important step towards endingpreventable maternal deaths.

Amnesty International welcomes the release o Aung San Suu Kyi on November 13, 2010, but calls on the government oMyanmar to release all o the prisoners o conscience in the country. Su Su Nway is a labor activist who is serving a prisonterm o eight years and six months or raising a banner. Amnesty International considers Su Su Nway to be a prisoner oconscience, imprisoned solely or exercising her right to reedom o expression. Urge the Myanmar authorities to release Su Su Nwayimmediately and unconditionally.

Mao Heng eng has been repeatedly detained, tortured and ill-treated because o her work to de end human rights. She iscurrently serving 18 months in Chinas re-education through labor system or having protested in 2009 the arrest ohuman rights de ender Liu Xiaobo. (In October 2010, Liu Xiaobo was named the winner o the Nobel Peace Prize.) She has alsocampaigned against orced abortions and orced evictions in China. Despite the abuses she has endured, Mao Heng engcontinues to be heartened by messages o international support, including those rom Amnesty International members.

The Democratic Republic o the Congo (DRC) has been called the rape capital o the world. Every year, thousands o rapes are

reported. Many more rapes go unreported because o the personal risk and shame associated with being attacked. A centralproblem is the use o rape as a weapon o war by all sides in the Congo wars. However, the requency o rape as a weapon, andthe almost total impunity or perpetrators o these atrocious crimes, have led to an increase in the incidence o rape in all cornerso the country. The Congolese government, in collaboration with the UN, must develop a long-term, comprehensive action planto end impunity or crimes committed in the country. The perpetual cycle o violence against women in the DRC must end.

Femi Peters is the Campaign Manager or the United Democratic Party, a political opposition party in the Gambia. In October2009, he was arrested during a peace ul political demonstration and charged with a number o crimes including control o useo loud speakers in public. A ter months o trial, he was convicted and sentenced to a mandatory jail term. There are seriousconcerns or his health amid the appalling prison conditions. His amily has not been allowed to visit him.

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Human rights de ender Norma Cruz leads a womens rights organization, Survivors Foundation, based in Guatemala City. As aresult o her work documenting cases o violence against women and ghting or justice, she has been repeatedly threatenedwith death. Some o her relatives have also su ered threats and attacks. Norma Cruz and other de enders in Guatemala aceconstant danger.

Filep Karma is serving 15 years in prison or simply raising a fag. The ormer civil servant was arrested in 2004 or raising afag symbolizing Papuan independence rom Indonesia. Amnesty International considers him a prisoner o conscience and seekshis immediate and unconditional release. His colleague Yusak Pakage was reed in July 2010, a ter campaigning by AmnestyInternational members. Now Indonesia must ree Filep!

Student leader Majid Tavakkoli was arrested on December 7, 2009, or speaking at a demonstration marking Student Day inIran. Following an un air trial, one which his lawyer was not allowed attend, he was sentenced to eight and a hal years in prison.He now su ers rom a serious respiratory condition that may deteriorate while he is imprisoned. He is a prisoner o conscience,jailed solely or peace ully exercising his human right to reedom o expression.

Walid Yunis Ahmad went missing a ter his arrest on February 6, 2000. For three years, his amily wondered i he was alive be orelearning that he was detained and tortured by authorities in Iraqi Kurdistan. A ter more than 10 years, the security agency, Asayish,continues to hold him even though they have yet to charge him with an o ense or bring him to trial. He remains in solitary con ne-ment. Amnesty International calls on authorities in Iraq to release Walid Yunis Ahmad i he is not promptly charged and tried.

In May 2006, police detained and physically and sexually assaulted dozens o women in the town o San Salvador Atenco. Althoughauthorities have acknowledged that abuses took place, none o the perpetrators have been held accountable or the crimes commit-ted against these women. More than our years later, the women continue to seek justice. Amnesty International is pressing Mexicanauthorities to prosecute those responsible or these abuses.

In 2004, around 100 Roma people were orcibly evicted rom their homes in Miercurea Ciuc in central Romania. Around 75 o themwere relocated to metal shacks right next to a sewage plant. The conditions are unsanitary and the horrible smell is unbearable. Therest o the evicted community is living by a garbage dump two kilometers outside the town. The Roma amilies were told that the

move would be temporary, but six years later, local authorities have no plan to relocate them to adequate housing.

Reggie Clemons was sentenced to death in Missouri as an accomplice in the 1991 murder o two women. Clemons has maintainedhis innocence, and his case illustrates many o the faws in the U.S. death penalty system. Shortly a ter a 2009 execution date wasstayed, the Missouri Supreme Court assigned a judge (a Special Master) to investigate the reliability o his conviction and propor-tionality o his sentence. Call on Missouris Governor to grant clemency in this case.

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