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Amnesty International Urges UN Security Council to Act Urgently on Syria Bloodshed
Contact: Suzanne Trimel, 212-633-4150, [email protected] (New York) – Following the deadliest assault to date on Syrian protesters Sunday and more…
August 1, 2011
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Amnesty International Again Demands that Iran Release Americans Jailed for Two Years Case of Two American Hikers Due to be Heard Again on Sunday
Amnesty International today repeated its demand that Iran release two Americans held for the past two years apparently for political…
July 29, 2011
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Amnesty International Welcomes Release of Malaysian Activists Detained Under Emergency Law
Amnesty International welcomed the release of six political activists, but called on the Malaysian authorities to free thousands of other…
July 29, 2011
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Amnesty International Welcomes Release of Human Rights Defender Aleksei Sokolov
Contact: AIUSA media relations office, 202-509-8194 (Washington, D.C.) -- Today, a court in Krasnoyarsk decided to release Aleksei Sokolov on…
July 28, 2011
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Armed Dozo Militia Fighters Are Seen as Threat to Civilians Who Fear Leaving Temporary Camps
Contact: Suzanne Trimel, 212-633-4150, [email protected] (New York) - Ivory Coast security forces and a state-backed militia are creating a climate…
July 28, 2011
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Amnesty International Demands Release of Prominent Lawyers Jailed in Burundi on Spurious Charges
Contact: Suzanne Trimel, 212-633-4150, [email protected] (New York) -- The Burundian government should immediately release two prominent lawyers jailed in an…
July 28, 2011
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Verdict in Ahmadiyya Killings Will Not Stem Discrimination in Indonesia, Says Amnesty International
Contact: AIUSA media relations office, 202-509-8194 (Washington, D.C.) -- The verdicts imposed against 12 people accused of killing three members…
July 28, 2011
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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