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Press Release
Amnesty International Decries Azerbaijan Police’s Violent Dispersion of Peaceful Rallies Ahead of Eurovision
Amnesty International today called on Azerbaijan police to immediately end the use of violence to suppress freedom of expression, following…
May 14, 2012
Press Release
Amnesty International Hosts “Shadow Summit” With Afghan Women’s Rights Leaders As NATO Summit Opens May 20 in Chicago
As the NATO Summit leaders begin to fill in the missing pieces of the military exit strategy for Afghanistan on…
May 11, 2012
Press Release
Amnesty International Demands China End Clampdown on Media as Al-Jazeera Reporter is Expelled
The expulsion of an Al-Jazeera journalist from China is part of a wider clampdown on foreign reporters in the country.
May 9, 2012
Press Release
Amnesty International Applauds Release of Patrick Okoroafor, Former Nigerian Child Prisoner, Denied Fair Trial and Sentenced to Death for Robbery
A Nigerian 31-year old man who was sentenced to death as a juvenile has expressed his happiness at being released…
May 9, 2012
Press Release
Amnesty International Urges Singapore Authorities to Save Malaysian Man From Execution
A young Malaysian man under threat of imminent execution in Singapore for drug trafficking should be granted clemency, Amnesty International…
May 9, 2012
Press Release
Amnesty International Urges FARC to Release French Journalist
Amnesty International today urges the FARC to immediately and unconditionally release a French journalist, who has been held captive since…
May 8, 2012
Press Release
Amnesty International Declares Bahraini Activist Prisoner of Conscience Following Arrest for “Insulting” Tweets
Nabeel Rajab, the director of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, has been charged with "insulting a national institution."
May 8, 2012
Report
USA: Wrong court, wrong place, wrong punishment: Five alleged ‘9/11 conspirators’ to be arraigned for capital trial by military commission at Guantánamo
On 5 May 2012, at the US naval base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, a US Army Colonel, in his role…
May 3, 2012
Press Release
ICONIC ARTISTS INCLUDING LEVON HELM, ROSANNE CASH, CARLY SIMON AND OTHERS PERFORM “TOAST TO FREEDOM” SONG AS TRIBUTE TO AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL’S 50th ANNIVERSARY
Amnesty International today releases “Toast To Freedom,” a new and exclusive commemorative song dedicated to human rights activism around the…
May 3, 2012
Press Release
Amnesty International Implores Singapore to Join Global Trend Toward Abolition of Death Penalty
Amnesty International today calls on Singapore to join the global trend toward abolition of the death penalty and establish a…
May 2, 2012
Press Release
Amnesty International Urges United States to Guarantee Chen Guangcheng’s Safety, Calls on China to Protect Activist’s Rights
Amnesty International today calls on the United States to guarantee Chen Guangcheng's safety and insist that China protect the rights…
May 1, 2012
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Moving from Pen and Paper to Digital May Mean Progress, But Suppression Continues, Says Amnesty International
On the eve of World Press Freedom day, Amnesty International says that some countries are blocking search engines, charging the…
May 1, 2012