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Amnesty International Condemns Killing of Rachel Corrie –Group Calls for Investigation, Suspension of Weapons Transfers
Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) today condemned the killing of Rachel Corrie and called for an independent investigation...
March 27, 2011
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U.S.: Amnesty International Denounces New Policies on Guantanamo
Amnesty International Media StatementFor Immediate ReleaseMonday, March 07, 2011Amnesty International Denounces New Policies on GuantanamoContact: AIUSA media relations office, 202-509-8194 (Washington) –Tom Parker, Amnesty International policy director for (counter) terrorism and human rights, issued the following statement regarding President Barack Obama’s executive order issued today outlining new policies for detainee cases at the U.S.-controlled detention center in Guantanamo Bay:“With the stroke of a pen, President Obama extinguished any lingering hope that his administration would return the United States to the rule of law by referring detainee cases from Guantanamo Bay to federal courts rather than the widely discredited military commissions.“His…
March 27, 2011
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Chad: New Amnesty International Report Documents Children Compelled to Join Chadian Military and Armed Groups
A new report by Amnesty International documents children recruited from displacement camps to join Chadian military and...
March 27, 2011
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Kenya: Triple Killing by Police
Amnesty International Press Release For Immediate Release Thursday, January 20, 2011 Amnesty International Calls on Kenya to Investigate Triple Killing by PoliceContact: AIUSA media relations office, 202-509-8194 (Washington, D.C.) Amnesty International has called on the Kenyan authorities to properly investigate the apparently unprovoked killing of three men by police on a busy Nairobi highway yesterday.Reports indicate that the trio were shot dead after being ordered from their car during a traffic jam by plain clothes police, who claimed the men were armed criminals killed in a shoot-out with police officers. However, eyewitnesses reported that the slain men were compliant and…
March 27, 2011
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Iran: Iran May Still Execute Woman Convicted of Adultery By Another Method
The Iranian Embassy in London announced on Thursday that Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani would not be stoned to death. However,...
March 27, 2011
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Afghanistan: BBC Claims Secret Torture Facility is Operating in Afghanistan; Amnesty International Calls for Investigation
A report by the BBC claims that a secret detention facility is still operating at Bagram Airbase in Afghanistan and that...
March 27, 2011
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United States: President Obama Should Address Urgent Human Rights Situations in His State of the Union Address
As the nation anticipates President Obama?s first State of the Union address on Wednesday, January 27, Amnesty International...
March 27, 2011
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Syria: Amnesty International Condemns Attack on Mosque Amid Wave of Detentions in Syria
At least seven people are reported to have been killed in a night-time raid on the 'Omari mosque in the southern town of...
March 27, 2011
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Bahrain: Protestor Describes Torture by Police After Arrest in Manama
Abdallah Salman Mohammad Hassan told Amnesty International that he and a friend endured torture and other ill-treatment...
March 27, 2011
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Sudan: New Satellite Images Reveal Continuing Human Rights Atrocities in Darfur
Amnesty International Press ReleaseFor Immediate ReleaseWednesday, February 2, 2011New Satellite Images Reveal Continuing Human Rights Atrocities in Darfur, Amnesty International SaysEvidence Collected Shows Whole Villages Burned to the GroundHigh-resolution images are available to download at: https://rcpt.yousendit.com/1032463889/fccb847e4c24bdeeb3c525cea75e4f40Contact: Suzanne Trimel, 212-633-4150, [email protected](Washington) -- New satellite image analysis released today shows that while international attention is focused on the South Sudan referendum, grave violations of human rights continue in neighboring Darfur. Images secured by Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) and analyzed with partners from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) show irrefutably that civilians were targeted in the Negeha region of…
March 27, 2011
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Afghanistan: Taliban should be prosecuted for war crimes
The Taliban and other insurgent groups should be investigated and prosecuted for war crimes, Amnesty International said...
March 27, 2011
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USA: Amnesty International “Deeply Disappointed” by Supreme Court’s Decision to Reject Arar Appeal
Geneve Mantri, counter terrorism with justice government relations director for Amnesty International USA, issued the...
March 27, 2011