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Human Rights Groups Call on Israel to Completely Lift Travel Ban for Palestinian Shawan Jabarin, Granted Permission To Leave West Bank For First Trip in Six Years
Having decided to permit Palestinian human rights defender Shawan Jabarin to travel abroad from the West Bank for the first…
March 2, 2012
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Amnesty International cancels Bahrain visit
Amnesty International statement on the cancellation of its visit to Bahrain.
March 2, 2012
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Amnesty International Condemns Egypt’s Systematic Failure to Rein in Security Forces
Egypt's security forces continue to kill protestors with the same brutal tactics used in Hosni Mubarak's last days in power,…
February 17, 2012
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Top U.S. and U.K. Comedians Come Together to Celebrate Free Speech at Amnesty International’s Secret Policeman’s Ball in New York
Amnesty International announced today that some of the top comedic talent in the U.S. and U.K. will be joining the…
February 16, 2012
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Death Toll Rises in Syria As Bombardment Of Civilian Areas Escalates In Homs, Amnesty International Says
At least 377 civilians have been killed in Homs in recent days as Syrian security forces escalated their shelling of…
February 15, 2012
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Amnesty International Urges Stricter Limits on Police Taser Use as U.S. Death Toll Reaches 500
Two days after the death of a Georgia man who was shocked with a police Taser -- raising the known…
February 15, 2012
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Amnesty International Urges China to Avoid Forced Repatriation of North Korean Defectors
A group of 21 North Koreans must not be forcibly repatriated by the Chinese government, Amnesty International said amid reports…
February 14, 2012
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Amnesty International Condemns “Outrageous” Government Raid On LGBT Activists’ Workshop in Uganda
Following a raid by a Ugandan cabinet minister on a workshop being run by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT)…
February 14, 2012
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Bahrain: One year on, accountability remains a distant aspiration
The Bahraini government remains far from delivering the human rights changes that were recommended by an independent international commission, Amnesty…
February 13, 2012
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Amnesty International Urges Iran to Respect Peaceful Protests on One Year Anniversary February 14 of Demonstrations in Support of Egypt and Tunisia Uprisings
Amnesty International is calling on the Iranian authorities to respect freedom of assembly and allow peaceful protests on February 14…
February 10, 2012
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Amnesty International Condemns Harsh Sentence for Chinese poet Zhu Yufu
Today’s sentencing of veteran activist Zhu Yufu to seven years for writing a poem deemed to “incite subversion of state…
February 10, 2012
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Amnesty International Responds to U.S. House Report on Guantanamo Detainees
Tom Parker, Amnesty International USA's policy director for (counter) terrorism and human rights, issued the following statement in response to…
February 9, 2012