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Amnesty International Demands Sri Lanka Prosecute Security Agents Involved in Torture
Sri Lanka is not credibly investigating torture, Amnesty International said on the eve of a review by the U. N.…
November 7, 2011
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Finland Must Further Investigate US Rendition Flights, says Amnesty International
The Finnish authorities must further investigate newly released data to determine if U.S. rendition flights landed in the country, Amnesty…
November 1, 2011
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Amnesty International Urges Afghanistan to Cooperate with Neighboring Region to Defend Human Rights
The Afghan government must work with neighboring countries to protect human rights while facing an increasingly bloody insurgency, Amnesty International…
November 1, 2011
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As Rendition Victim Takes Case Against Lithuania to European Court, Amnesty International Reiterates its Call for Secret Prisons Investigation
Lithuania’s failure to investigate its role in the U.S.-led rendition program has forced an alleged victim of secret detention to…
October 28, 2011
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Amnesty International Urges Restraint as Police Clamp Down on Occupy Wall Street Protests
Amnesty International urged authorities to ensure that police show restraint in their response to Occupy Wall Street protests, following critical…
October 27, 2011
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Wounded Patients in Syria’s Hospitals are Tortured, Along with Medical Staff Suspected of Treating Injured Protesters, Says New Amnesty International Report
The Syrian government has turned hospitals into instruments of repression in its efforts to crush opposition, Amnesty International said today…
October 25, 2011
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Amnesty International Urges Dominican Republic to Tackle Alarming Levels of Police Abuse, in New Report
Human rights organization to release new findings at Santo Domingo press conference Contact: Sharon Singh, [email protected], 202-509-8194 (Washington,…
October 25, 2011
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Wounded Patients in Syria’s Hospitals are Tortured, Along with Medical Staff Suspected of Treating Injured Protesters
Human Rights Organization Documents Cases of Injured Protesters Being Beaten by Security Agents in Hospitals Contact: Suzanne Trimel, 212-633-4150, [email protected]…
October 24, 2011
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Civilians in Central African Republic Bear Brunt of Decades of Violence and Abuse
Local and foreign armed groups in the Central African Republic are still killing, abducting, torturing and raping civilians, as well…
October 20, 2011
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Amnesty International Calls Senator Ayotte’s Amendment to Bar All Foreign Terror Suspects from Federal Trials “Dangerous”
--- Human rights organization urges Senate to vote against amendment Contact: Sharon Singh 202-509-8194, [email protected] (Washington, DC) – Geneve…
October 20, 2011
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Arms trade to Middle East and North Africa shows failure of export controls
Police and security forces in the Middle East and North Africa responded to the mass popular uprisings witnessed there after…
October 18, 2011
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Amnesty International Finds Widespread Abuse — and Even Torture — of Captured and Detained Al-Gaddafi Soldiers, Loyalists and Mercenaries Under Libya’s Transitional Government
Captured al-Gaddafi soliders, suspected loyalists and mercenaries held in western Libya are being beaten, and, in some cases, tortured in…
October 13, 2011