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Pro-Gaddafi Forces Shoot at Medical Team in Misratah, Wounding Medics, Says Amnesty International

Amnesty International Press ReleaseFor Immediate ReleaseFriday, March 4, 2011-03-04Pro-Gaddafi Forces Shoot at Medical Team in Misratah, Wounding Medics, Says Amnesty…

March 27, 2011

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Amnesty International Calls on Libya to Stop Heavy-Handed Repression of Peaceful Demonstrations As Violence Erupts in Benghazi

Amnesty International Press ReleaseFor Immediate ReleaseWednesday, February 16, 2011Amnesty International Calls on Libya to Stop Heavy-Handed Repression of Peaceful Demonstrations…

March 27, 2011

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Libya: Amnesty International Calls on U.N. Security Council to Direct Possible ‘Crimes Against Humanity’ Investigation of Libya

Amnesty International Press ReleaseFor Immediate ReleaseFriday, February 25, 2011Amnesty International Calls on U.N. Security Council To Direct Possible ‘Crimes Against…

March 27, 2011

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Libya: Amnesty International Says Libyan Writer is Jailed for Calling for Protests for Greater Freedoms in Libya

A Libyan writer and political commentator arrested last week and accused of hitting a man with his car appears to…

March 27, 2011

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Libya: Organization Calls for Immediate Arms Embargo and Assets Freeze

Amnesty International StatementFor Immediate ReleaseWednesday, February 23, 2011Amnesty International Accuses  U.N. Security Council and  African Union of Failing the People…

March 27, 2011

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Libya: Human Rights Suffer as Libya Stalls on Reform

Human rights are suffering in Libya as it continues to stall on reform, Amnesty International has warned in a new…

March 27, 2011

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Libya: Amnesty International Calls on U.N. Security Council and Arab League To Act Decisively on Libyan Crimes

The U.N. Security Council must investigate the crisis in Libya that has left hundreds of protestors dead and must make…

March 27, 2011

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Libya: Amnesty International Condemns Executions of 18 People Including Foreign Nations in Libya by Firing Squad

Amnesty International today condemned Libya's reported execution by firing-squad of 18 people on Sunday, many of them...

March 27, 2011

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Libya: Amnesty International Demands a Halt to Deadly Force by Libyan Authorities to Suppress Protests

Government security forces opened fire on demonstrators in the city of Al Bayda, killing demonstrator Nancer Miftah...

March 27, 2011

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Amnesty International Calls on Libya to Stop Heavy-Handed Repression of Peaceful Demonstrations As Violence Erupts in Benghazi

Amnesty International Press ReleaseFor Immediate ReleaseWednesday, February 16, 2011Amnesty International Calls on Libya to Stop Heavy-Handed Repression of Peaceful Demonstrations…

March 27, 2011

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Libya: Amnesty International Says Libyan Writer is Jailed for Calling for Protests for Greater Freedoms in Libya

A Libyan writer and political commentator arrested last week and accused of hitting a man with his car appears to…

March 27, 2011

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Libya: Human Rights Suffer as Libya Stalls on Reform

Human rights are suffering in Libya as it continues to stall on reform, Amnesty International has warned in a new…

March 27, 2011