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Deadly Wave of Bombings Across Iraq On Eve of Islamic New Year That Killed At Least 14 People Must Be Immediately Investigated
Amnesty International today condemned a series of bomb attacks across Iraq on Wednesday that reportedly killed at least 14 people…
November 14, 2012
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Pres. Obama Risks Undermining Human Rights Progress If Unable to Deliver Strong Message in Myanmar/Burma
If President Obama doesn’t put his full weight behind further urgent reforms in Myanmar, this trip risks being an ill-timed…
November 13, 2012
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With United States Election to U.N. Human Rights Council, Obama Administration Must Regain Credibility and Fix Approach to Counter-Terrorism
Suzanne Nossel, Amnesty International USA executive director, commented today in response to the United States’ election to the United Nations…
November 12, 2012
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Victims of Killings, Rape and Torture in Timor-Leste Deserve Justice
Perpetrators of killings and other human rights abuses during the Indonesian occupation of Timor-Leste must not be allowed to go…
November 12, 2012
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Student’s Killing Underscores Urgent Need for Police Reform in Dominican Republic
A 21-year-old medical student, died after being shot on Thursday during clashes between police and student protesters demonstrating against a…
November 9, 2012
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Sri Lankan Authorities Must Minimize Death and Injury in Dealing with Violence at Welikada Prison
Clashes between prisoners and guards broke out at Colombo’s Welikada prison today after members of Sri Lanka’s Special Task Force,…
November 9, 2012
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Iran Must Immediately Investigate Blogger’s Death in Custody
Amnesty International today urged the Iranian authorities to investigate the circumstances that led to the death of a blogger in…
November 8, 2012
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Saudi Demonstration Highlights a Year of Failure to Investigate Protest Deaths
As Saudi Arabians in the Eastern Province prepared to take to the streets to mark the deaths of at least…
November 8, 2012
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Zimbabwe Police Must Release Illegally Detained Human Rights Defenders
Three senior staff members of a registered medical clinic that provides medical services to victims of torture were arbitrarily arrested…
November 8, 2012
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Lawmakers in Viet Nam Should Push for an Immediate Moratorium on the Death Penalty
“We urge lawmakers in Viet Nam...to call for a complete moratorium on executions, with a view of abolishing the death…
November 7, 2012
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Resounding Vote In Favor of Historic Global Arms Trade Treaty Is a Potential Victory for Human Rights Worldwide
157 governments at the U.N. General Assembly’s First Committee on Disarmament in New York voted on Wednesday in favor of…
November 7, 2012
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Revoking Nationality of Bahraini Opposition Figures is a “Frightening and Chilling” Decision
Bahraini authorities stripped 31 opposition figures, including politicians, activists and religious figures, of their Bahraini nationality, leaving some stateless.
November 7, 2012