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Torture and Arbitrary Arrest Continue in Egypt, Despite Disbanding of Feared Security Forces

Amnesty International Press ReleaseFor Release Tuesday, April 19, 2011Contact: Suzanne Trimel, 212-633-4150, [email protected] and Arbitrary Arrest Continue in Egypt, Despite…

May 6, 2011

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Amnesty International Says Assault on CBS News Correspondent in Egypt Spotlights Need for United States to Continue Programs to Fight Violence Against Women Abroad

Amnesty International Press Release For Immediate Release Saturday, April 30, 2011 Amnesty International Says Assault on CBS News Correspondent in…

May 6, 2011

Press Release

Torture and Arbitrary Arrest Continue in Egypt, Despite Disbanding of Feared Security Forces

Amnesty International Press ReleaseFor Release Tuesday, April 19, 2011Contact: Suzanne Trimel, 212-633-4150, [email protected] and Arbitrary Arrest Continue in Egypt, Despite…

May 6, 2011

Sheet of paper Report

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

Press Release

Egypt: Two dead as Egyptian army forces protestors out of Tahrir Square

Amnesty International Press Release For Immediate Release Saturday, April 9, 2011 Two dead as Egyptian army forces protesters out of…

April 14, 2011

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State Department Human Rights Reports Provide Roadmap to Reform in the Middle East

Amnesty International Media StatementFor Immediate ReleaseFriday, April 8, 2011State Department Human Rights Reports Provide Roadmap to Reform in the Middle…

April 14, 2011

Press Release

Egypt: Two dead as Egyptian army forces protestors out of Tahrir Square

Amnesty International Press Release For Immediate Release Saturday, April 9, 2011 Two dead as Egyptian army forces protesters out of…

April 14, 2011

Press Release

Egypt: Scrap Proposed Law to Criminalize Strikes and Protests

Amnesty International Press ReleaseFor Immediate ReleaseThursday, March 31, 201Scrap Proposed Law to Criminalize Strikes and Protests, Amnesty International Tells Egypt…

April 14, 2011

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State Department Human Rights Reports Provide Roadmap to Reform in the Middle East

Amnesty International Media StatementFor Immediate ReleaseFriday, April 8, 2011State Department Human Rights Reports Provide Roadmap to Reform in the Middle…

April 14, 2011

Press Release

Egypt: Scrap Proposed Law to Criminalize Strikes and Protests

Amnesty International Press ReleaseFor Immediate ReleaseThursday, March 31, 201Scrap Proposed Law to Criminalize Strikes and Protests, Amnesty International Tells Egypt…

April 14, 2011

Sheet of paper Report

Iraqi authorities must halt attacks on protesters

Thousands of Iraqis have taken to the streets since early February 2011 to protest against the chronic lack of basic…

April 11, 2011

Sheet of paper Report

International community must help probe Yemen’s protest killings

The international community must play a more active role if Yemenis are to get accountability for the bloody killings of…

April 4, 2011