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Female Victim was Blinded by Acid After Rejecting Marriage Proposal

Contact: Suzanne Trimel, 212-633-4150, [email protected] Blinding Man With Acid as “Retribution Punishment” Amounts to Torture, Says Amnesty International, Urging Iranian…

May 16, 2011

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Blinding Man With Acid as “Retribution Punishment” Amounts to Torture, Says Amnesty International, Urging Iranian Authorities Not to Carry Out Cruel Sentence

Female Victim was Blinded by Acid After Rejecting Marriage Proposal (New York) -- Amnesty International today called on the Iranian…

May 13, 2011

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Blinding Man With Acid as “Retribution Punishment” Amounts to Torture, Says Amnesty International, Urging Iranian Authorities Not to Carry Out Cruel Sentence

Female Victim was Blinded by Acid After Rejecting Marriage Proposal (New York) -- Amnesty International today called on the Iranian…

May 13, 2011

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Threats force Syrian activists underground amid nationwide protests

Human rights activists seen to be involved in pro-reform protests in Syria have been forced into hiding after receiving threats…

May 12, 2011

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Libya: Attacks against Misratah residents point to war crimes

Attacks by forces loyal to Colonel al-Gaddafi on civilian and residential areas of Misratah may amount to war crimes, Amnesty…

May 12, 2011

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USA: Digging a deeper hole: Administration and Congress entrenching human rights failure on Guantánamo detentions

USA: Digging a deeper hole: Administration and Congress entrenching human rights failure on Guantánamo detentionsReport available in PDF only

May 12, 2011

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Threats force Syrian activists underground amid nationwide protests

Human rights activists seen to be involved in pro-reform protests in Syria have been forced into hiding after receiving threats…

May 12, 2011

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Libya: Attacks against Misratah residents point to war crimes

Attacks by forces loyal to Colonel al-Gaddafi on civilian and residential areas of Misratah may amount to war crimes, Amnesty…

May 12, 2011

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Bahrain renews emergency law as repression persists

The Bahraini government must end its relentless crackdown on human rights, Amnesty International said today after the country's parliament voted…

May 10, 2011

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Bahrain renews emergency law as repression persists

The Bahraini government must end its relentless crackdown on human rights, Amnesty International said today after the country's parliament voted…

May 10, 2011

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Syrians tell of torture in detention amid mass arrests

Amnesty International has received first-hand reports of torture and other ill-treatment from detainees held in Syria as a wave of…

May 9, 2011

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Syrians tell of torture in detention amid mass arrests

Amnesty International has received first-hand reports of torture and other ill-treatment from detainees held in Syria as a wave of…

May 9, 2011