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Tunisia: Amnesty International Urges Tunisian Authorities to Protect Protestors Following Deadly Weekend
Amnesty International Press ReleaseFor Immediate ReleaseMonday, January 10, 2011Amnesty International Urges Tunisian Authorities to Protect Protestors Following Deadly WeekendContact: AIUSA media relations office, 202-509-8194(Washington, D.C.) – Amnesty International has urged the Tunisian authorities to ensure the safety of anti-government protesters after security forces reportedly killed at least 23 people in protests over the weekend, amid reports of further deaths today."The authorities must urgently ensure the safety of protesters and instruct security forces to act with restraint and not to use excessive force against them," said Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, Amnesty International’s Middle East and North Africa deputy director. According to information…
March 27, 2011
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Tunisia: Fleeing Protestors and Bystanders Were Shot Dead by Security Forces
Tunisia?s security forces shot at bystanders, protesters who were fleeing and others who posed no threat in ?reckless...
March 27, 2011
Press Release
Amnesty International Urges Italy to Effectively Address Tunisian Migrants ‘Emergency’
Amnesty International Press ReleaseFor Immediate ReleaseWednesday, February 16, 2011Amnesty International Urges Italy to Effectively Address Tunisian Migrants 'Emergency'Contact: AIUSA media relations office, 202-509-8194(Washington, DC) -- Amnesty International has urged the Italian authorities to deal with the humanitarian needs of thousands of migrants and asylum seekers leaving Tunisia following recent unrest.More than 5,000 migrants have landed on the Italian island of Lampedusa, according to authorities, who have described the events as a "humanitarian emergency.""A 'humanitarian emergency' demands a humanitarian response, not a law and order one," said Nicola Duckworth, Amnesty International's Europe director."This means that boats carrying migrants and asylum seekers…
March 27, 2011
Press Release
Tunisia: Human rights agenda for change
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL Index: MDE 30/008/2011 24 January 2011 Tunisia: Human rights agenda for change Following the month of unrest that shook Tunisia and led to Zine El Abidine Ben Ali fleeing the country and relinquishing the presidency, a caretaker government has now been formed and electoral preparations launched.Breaking with the legacy of 23 years of human rights abuses under Zine El Abidine Ben Ali will require vision, determination and effective measures by the Tunisian authorities. Over the years, Tunisians have had to endure too many broken promises and have lost trust in the institutions of the country. Tunisians have shown…
March 27, 2011
Press Release
Tunisia: Protestors and Bystanders Shot from Behind by Tunisian Security Forces
Security forces in Tunisia shot at protestors and bystanders from behind as they fled. Many of those arrested in connection...
March 27, 2011
Press Release
Tunisia: Amnesty International Calls on Tunisia to Rescind Permissions to “Shoot on Sight”
Amnesty International Press ReleaseFor Immediate ReleaseFriday, January 14, 2011Amnesty International Calls on Tunisia to Rescind Permissions to "Shoot on Sight" ---Wave of Protests led to the Departure from the country of President Zine el Abidine Ben AliContact: AIUSA media relations office, 202-509-8194(Washington, D.C.) Amnesty International is today calling on the Tunisian authorities to rescind permissions to "shoot on sight", after a wave of protests led to the reported departure from the country of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and a state of emergency imposed. “Such license given to the army and security forces, in a very volatile situation, could be…
March 27, 2011
Press Release
Tunisia: Amnesty International Urges Tunisian Authorities to Protect Protestors Following Deadly Weekend
Amnesty International Press ReleaseFor Immediate ReleaseMonday, January 10, 2011Amnesty International Urges Tunisian Authorities to Protect Protestors Following Deadly WeekendContact: AIUSA media relations office, 202-509-8194(Washington, D.C.) – Amnesty International has urged the Tunisian authorities to ensure the safety of anti-government protesters after security forces reportedly killed at least 23 people in protests over the weekend, amid reports of further deaths today."The authorities must urgently ensure the safety of protesters and instruct security forces to act with restraint and not to use excessive force against them," said Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, Amnesty International’s Middle East and North Africa deputy director. According to information…
March 27, 2011
Press Release
Tunisia: Fleeing Protestors and Bystanders Were Shot Dead by Security Forces
Tunisia?s security forces shot at bystanders, protesters who were fleeing and others who posed no threat in ?reckless...
March 27, 2011
Press Release
Amnesty International Urges Italy to Effectively Address Tunisian Migrants ‘Emergency’
Amnesty International Press ReleaseFor Immediate ReleaseWednesday, February 16, 2011Amnesty International Urges Italy to Effectively Address Tunisian Migrants 'Emergency'Contact: AIUSA media relations office, 202-509-8194(Washington, DC) -- Amnesty International has urged the Italian authorities to deal with the humanitarian needs of thousands of migrants and asylum seekers leaving Tunisia following recent unrest.More than 5,000 migrants have landed on the Italian island of Lampedusa, according to authorities, who have described the events as a "humanitarian emergency.""A 'humanitarian emergency' demands a humanitarian response, not a law and order one," said Nicola Duckworth, Amnesty International's Europe director."This means that boats carrying migrants and asylum seekers…
March 27, 2011
Press Release
Tunisia: Human rights agenda for change
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL Index: MDE 30/008/2011 24 January 2011 Tunisia: Human rights agenda for change Following the month of unrest that shook Tunisia and led to Zine El Abidine Ben Ali fleeing the country and relinquishing the presidency, a caretaker government has now been formed and electoral preparations launched.Breaking with the legacy of 23 years of human rights abuses under Zine El Abidine Ben Ali will require vision, determination and effective measures by the Tunisian authorities. Over the years, Tunisians have had to endure too many broken promises and have lost trust in the institutions of the country. Tunisians have shown…
March 27, 2011
Press Release
Tunisia: Protestors and Bystanders Shot from Behind by Tunisian Security Forces
Security forces in Tunisia shot at protestors and bystanders from behind as they fled. Many of those arrested in connection...
March 27, 2011
Report
Túnez. EL CICLO DE LA INJUSTICIA
More than ten years after the mass and grossly unfair military trials of 1992, hundreds of political activists or alleged...
March 26, 2011