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Israeli Authorities Must Release Palestinian Prisoner of Conscience in West Bank

The Israeli military authorities must end their campaign of harassment, intimidation and arbitrary detention against Palestinian activist, Bassem Tamimi, in…

November 1, 2012

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Police Violence Must End in Papua

A pro-independence protest in Papua has been met with a violent response by the Indonesian security forces.

October 25, 2012

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Researchers Expose Illegal Detention and Torture in Ivory Coast

More than 200 people, including members of former President Laurent Gbagbo’s Ivorian Popular Front, are being illegally detained and tortured…

October 25, 2012

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Bahrain Must Overturn Unjust ‘Nightmare’ Convictions for Two Teachers

A Bahrain appeals court has upheld a guilty verdict against two former against two former leaders of the Bahrain Teachers’…

October 22, 2012

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Amnesty International Calls on Cuba to Allow “Ladies in White” Activists to Freely Commemorate Anniversary of Leader’s Death

Contact: Suzanne Trimel, [email protected], 212-633-4150, @strimel (New York) -- Amnesty International said today it is concerned about the safety of…

October 11, 2012

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Amnesty International Reports Illegal Detentions, Enforced Disappearances and Torture of Civilians by Rwandan Military Intelligence

Rwanda’s military intelligence, known as J2, has illegally held scores of civilians in military camps where they allegedly were beaten…

October 9, 2012

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Cuba Must Release Opposition Blogger Immediately

A prominent Cuban opposition blogger, due to cover the opening trial of Spanish politician Ángel Francisco Carromero Barrios, was arrested…

October 5, 2012

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Clarity Needed Over Disappearance of Syrian Human Rights Lawyer

A prominent human rights lawyer who disappeared along with his friend on their way to work are feared to have…

October 4, 2012

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Six Bahraini Medical Staff Jailed for Exercising Right to Expression Must Be Released Immediately

Six Bahraini medical staff were jailed on Monday for their role in last year’s pro-reform uprising in Bahrain.

October 2, 2012

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Suzanne Nossel, Amnesty International USA Executive Director, Responds to Khadr Repatriation to Canada

Given the Obama administration’s glacial pace towards closing the U.S.-controlled detention center, little and late though it is, today’s news…

September 29, 2012

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Amnesty International Calls on Viet Nam to Release Detained Bloggers

Amnesty International calls on Viet Nam to immediately and unconditionally release three bloggers who face up to 20 years in…

September 21, 2012

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Amnesty International Calls on Cuba to Say Why They are Holding Jorge Vázquez Chaviano or Release Him

The Cuban authorities must either explain why they failed to release detainee Jorge Vázquez Chaviano as scheduled on September 9…

September 14, 2012