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Amnesty International Calls on Bahrain to Resist Excessive Force Against Protesters, As State of Emergency Is Set to End Wednesday and Massive Anti-Government Demonstrations are Planned

Contact: Suzanne Trimel, 212-633-4150, [email protected] Amnesty International Calls on Bahrain to Resist Excessive Force Against Protesters, As State of Emergency…

May 31, 2011

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Amnesty International Says Yemen on Knife Edge with Growing Chaos and Possible Civil War, As Security Forces Kill Dozens of Protesters

Contact: Suzanne Trimel, 212-633-4150, [email protected] Amnesty International Says Yemen on Knife Edge with Growing Chaos and Possible Civil War, As…

May 31, 2011

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Amnesty International Calls on Pakistan to Probe Intelligence Agencies as Body of Journalist Found

Amnesty International Calls on Pakistan to Probe Intelligence Agencies as Body of Journalist Found Contact: AIUSA media relations, 202-509-8194 (Washington,…

May 31, 2011

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Egypt: Admission of forced ‘virginity tests’ must lead to justice

The Egyptian authorities must bring those responsible for ordering or conducting forced ‘virginity tests’ to justice following a senior military…

May 31, 2011

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Pakistan must probe intelligence agencies as body of journalist is found

Any investigation into the abduction and reported death of Pakistani journalist Saleem Shahzad must include the country’s feared security and…

May 31, 2011

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Bahrain set for renewed protests as state of emergency ends

Amnesty International has urged the Bahrain authorities not to again use excessive force against protesters, as activists called for mass…

May 31, 2011

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Amnesty International Demands Justice in Forced “Virginity Tests” in Egypt

  Amnesty International Demands Justice in Forced “Virginity Tests” in Egypt Human Rights Organization Calls the Tests Discriminatory, Abusive and…

May 31, 2011

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Ghana law change would aid slum dwellers

Ghana’s constitution must be amended to protect housing rights and ensure that tens of thousands of slum dwellers are not…

May 31, 2011

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Amnesty International Describes Enforced Disappearances in Besieged Nafusa Mountain Region of Libya; Says People Taken Were Involved in Peaceful Protests

Scores of people have vanished from Libya's Nafusa Mountain area apparently at the hands of forces loyal to Colonel al-Gaddafi,…

May 27, 2011

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China urged to exercise restraint over Inner Mongolia protests

Chinese authorities must avoid a violent crackdown on demonstrations in the country’s Inner Mongolia region, as martial law was declared…

May 27, 2011

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Indian executions would be blow to human rights

The Indian President's decision to approve the country's first executions since 2004 would be a blow to human rights, Amnesty…

May 27, 2011

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Guatemala urged to investigated trade unionist’s killing

Guatemalan authorities must immediately carry out a thorough and impartial investigation into the killing of a trade unionist in the…

May 27, 2011