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Leaked Guantanamo Files Highlight Need for Fair Trials and Accountability, Says Amnesty International

Amnesty International Media Release For Immediate Release Tuesday, April 26, 2011 Leaked Guantanamo Files Highlight Need for Fair Trials and…

May 6, 2011

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Ivory Coast: Amnesty International Reports “Ghost Villages”

Tens of Thousands of Displaced and Fearful Civilians, Their Homes Burned and Looted, Hide in Bush

May 6, 2011

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Swaziland: Amnesty International Condemns Government’s “Alarming” Violence Against Peaceful Protests in Swaziland

Amnesty International Press Release For Immediate Release Wednesday, April 13, 2011 Amnesty International Condemns Government’s “Alarming” Violence Against Peaceful Protests…

May 6, 2011

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Libya: Amnesty International Finds Evidence of Extrajudicial Executions Apparently by Colonel Gaddafi’s Forces Near Ajdabiya

Amnesty International Press ReleaseFor Immediate ReleaseMonday, April 11, 2011Amnesty International Finds Evidence of Extrajudicial Executions Apparently by Colonel Gaddafi’s Forces…

May 6, 2011

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Iraq: Amnesty International Urges Iraqi Authorites to End Attacks on Protesters and Threats Against Government Critics

Amnesty InternationalPress Release Release Monday, April 11, 2001Amnesty International Urges Iraqi Authorites to End Attacks on Protesters and Threats Against…

May 6, 2011

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Sri Lanka: United Nations Report on Sri Lanka Conflict Must be Made Public, Says Amnesty International

Amnesty International Media Release For Immediate Release Tuesday, April 12, 2011United Nations Report on Sri Lanka Conflict Must be Made…

May 6, 2011

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Amnesty International Calls for End to Reprisal Attacks Against Gbagbo Supporters in Ivory Coast

Amnesty International Press Release For Immediate Release Tuesday, April 12 2011 Amnesty International Calls for End to Reprisal Attacks Against…

May 6, 2011

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UN must act now on Sri Lanka war crimes report

A UN report out today gives credibility to claims that both sides committed war crimes in Sri Lanka's civil war.

May 6, 2011

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Libya: Attacks against Misratah residents point to war crimes

The 300,000 residents of Misratah, Libya's third largest city have been living under siege and under fire since March 2011…

May 5, 2011

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Egypt: Investigate security forces crimes now

Under a state of emergency enforced continuously for 30 years, Egyptian authorities can arrest anyone they choose on the mere…

April 19, 2011

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China: Prominent Blogger Missing in China, Says Amnesty International

Chinese-born former diplomat Yang Hengjun, an Australian national, informed his blog administrator in a phone call on Sunday...

April 14, 2011

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Libya: Ghaddafi’s Forces Are Carrying Out Campaign of Disappearances Inside Libya to Crush Growing Opposition, Says Amnesty International in New Report

The report by an Amnesty International team inside Libya details more than30 cases of individuals who have disappeared since...

April 14, 2011