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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 East, Says Amnesty InternationalContact: Gwen Fitzgerald, 202.509.8194, [email protected](WASHINGTON, DC) – Following today’s release of the Department of State Country Reports on Human Rights, Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) Managing Director of Government Relations Adotei Akwei issued the following statement. "AIUSA welcomes the release of the 2010 reports. These reports can provide an invaluable roadmap to reforming U.S. relations with evolving and existing governments in the Middle East and North Africa and should serve as the guiding principles for necessary course corrections…

April 14, 2011

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U.S.: Five Countries Defy Sea Change In Global Execution Practices, According to New Amnesty International Report

A total of 31 countries abolished the death penalty in law or in practice during the last 10 years, but China, Iran, Saudi...

April 14, 2011

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

April 14, 2011

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Saudi Arabia: Amnesty International Urges Saudi Arabia to Reverse Ban on Peaceful Protests, Amid Fears of Violent Crackdown Friday in “Day of Rage”

Amnesty International Press Release For Immediate Release Thursday, March 10, 2011 Amnesty International Urges Saudi Arabia to Reverse Ban on Peaceful Protests, Amid Fears of Violent Crackdown Friday in “Day of Rage” Human Rights Organization Tells Saudi Leaders They Must Heed Growing Calls for Reform Contact: Suzanne Trimel, 212-633-4150, [email protected] (New York) -- Amnesty International today urged Saudi Arabian authorities to reverse the ban on peaceful protest in the Kingdom, amid fears of a violent crackdown on mass demonstrations planned for Friday's “Day of Rage”. Prince Saud Al-Faisal, the country’s foreign minister, said on Wednesday that “reform cannot be…

March 27, 2011

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Saudi Arabia: Amnesty International Urges Saudi Arabie to Allow Peaceful Protests, After Government Bans Right to Demonstrations

Amnesty International Press ReleaseFor Immediate ReleaseMonday, March 7, 2011Amnesty International Urges Saudi Arabia to Allow Peaceful Protests, After Government Bans Right to Legitimate Demonstrations and Detains 24 PeopleOrganization Also Calls for Investigation Into Reports Police Beat and Kicked Protesters in city of al-Qatif Contact: Suzanne Trimel, 212-633-4150, [email protected] (New York) -- Amnesty International today called on the Saudi Arabian government to allow peaceful protests, saying a ban on all demonstrations in the kingdom was “outrageous.” The organization also called for an investigation into the detention last week of about 24 people after peaceful protests and assaults by police on others.On…

March 27, 2011

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Saudi Arabia must investigate abuse against Sri Lankan domestic worker

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC STATEMENT AI Index: MDE 23/010/2010 3 September 2010 Saudi Arabia must investigate abuse against Sri Lankan domestic worker Amnesty International has urged the Saudi Arabian authorities to investigate without delay allegations by a Sri Lankan woman that she was seriously abused and injured while employed recently as a domestic servant in Saudi Arabia and to bring the perpetrators to justice if the allegations are well founded. According to press reports in Sri Lanka and information received by Amnesty International, L P Ariyawathie, a 49-year-old mother of three children, was severely abused by her employers in Saudi Arabia…

March 27, 2011

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