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Taiwan Confirms Death Sentence in 23-Year-Old Case, Says Amnesty International
Contact: AIUSA media relations office, 202-509-8194 (Washington, D.C.) -- Taiwan must halt the use of the death penalty, Amnesty International…
July 28, 2011
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Amnesty Condemns Vedanta Resources and Affiliates for Attempting to Overturn Mining Bans
(Washington, D.C.) -- Ongoing attempts by U.K. based mining company Vedanta Resources to overturn an Indian government decision blocking a…
July 25, 2011
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Amnesty International Website ‘Blocked in Saudi Arabia’
Contact: AIUSA media relations office, 202-509-8194 Access to Amnesty International's website has been blocked in Saudi Arabia today following the…
July 25, 2011
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Proposed Saudi Arabia “Anti-Terror” Law Would Crush Peaceful Dissent and Protest, Says Amnesty International
Amnesty International has obtained copies of a secret draft Saudi Arabian anti-terrorism law that would allow the authorities to prosecute…
July 22, 2011
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Amnesty International Condemns Decision to Carry Out Stroman Execution, Saying the State ‘Has Taken the Low Road’
Contact: Wende Gozan Brown at 212-633-4247,[email protected]. (Washington, DC) - Following the execution of Mark Stroman, Brian Evans of Amnesty International…
July 21, 2011
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Amnesty International Urges the House to Not Slash U.S. Foreign Affairs Budget
Contact: AIUSA media relations, 202-509-8194 (Washington, DC) -- Adotei Akwei, managing director for government relations for Amnesty International USA, issued…
July 21, 2011
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Amnesty International Report Describes “Unimaginable Daily Horrors” for Children in Somalia
Executions, Indiscriminate Attacks and Denial of Food, Water and Medical Care are Outlined in New Report Contact: Suzanne Trimel,…
July 20, 2011
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Amnesty International Responds to News Reports that the CIA is Involved in Secret Detention Site in Somalia
Amnesty International USA issued the following statement in response to news reports that the CIA has been involved in operating…
July 13, 2011
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Amnesty International Calls Israel Anti-Boycott Law an Attack on Freedom of Expression
A law passed by the Israeli Knesset (Parliament) making it an offense to call for a boycott against the state…
July 12, 2011
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Malaysia: Police use brutal tactics against peaceful protesters
The UK government must press Malaysia’s Prime Minister on freedom of assembly in his visit this week, Amnesty International said…
July 11, 2011
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Amnesty International Urges United Nations to Act to Control Arms to Sudan’s Southern Kordofan
United Nations member states must act to control arms shipments to volatile regions like Sudan's Southern Kordofan, Amnesty International said…
July 8, 2011
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Amnesty International Says Pakistan Orders to ‘Shoot on Sight’ Declare Karachi a War Zone
Sam Zarifi, Asia-Pacific director for Amnesty International issued the following statement in response to news that Pakistan authorities ordered 1,000…
July 8, 2011