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Press Release
Amnesty International Calls Senator Ayotte’s Amendment to Bar All Foreign Terror Suspects from Federal Trials “Dangerous”
--- Human rights organization urges Senate to vote against amendment Contact: Sharon Singh 202-509-8194, [email protected] (Washington, DC) – Geneve…
October 20, 2011
Press Release
Amnesty International Welcomes Delay on U.S. Arms Sales to Bahrain
Human Rights Group Urging Obama Administration to Halt Sales Until Human Rights Abuses Stop in Bahrain Contact: Suzanne Trimel, 212-633-4150,…
October 19, 2011
Report
Arms trade to Middle East and North Africa shows failure of export controls
Police and security forces in the Middle East and North Africa responded to the mass popular uprisings witnessed there after…
October 18, 2011
Press Release
Israel-Hamas Prisoner Swap Casts Harsh Light on Detention Practices By All Sides, Says Amnesty International
The prisoner swap involving Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit and 477 Palestinian prisoners highlights the need for the humane treatment of…
October 18, 2011
Press Release
‘New Level of Desperation’ as Tibetans Continue to Set Themselves on Fire, Says Amnesty International
In reaction to news that a 20 year-old Tibetan nun, Tenzin Wangmo, set herself on fire and died on Monday,…
October 18, 2011
Press Release
New Amnesty International Report Examines Arms Transfers to Middle East and North Africa, Including Weapons and Bullets from the United States and Other Countries Used Against Protesters
Countries including the United States, the United Kingdom and others that say they stand in solidarity with protests across the…
October 18, 2011
Press Release
Iran Must Acknowledge Abuses Before U.N. Committee, Says Amnesty International
The Iranian authorities will make a farce of a U.N. Committee hearing into Iran's human rights record unless they acknowledge…
October 17, 2011
Press Release
ASEAN: End Discrimination Against Women to Improve Maternal Health
ASEAN must take urgent action if all of its member states are to meet targets under the Millennium Development Goal…
October 14, 2011
Press Release
Amnesty International Finds Widespread Abuse — and Even Torture — of Captured and Detained Al-Gaddafi Soldiers, Loyalists and Mercenaries Under Libya’s Transitional Government
Captured al-Gaddafi soliders, suspected loyalists and mercenaries held in western Libya are being beaten, and, in some cases, tortured in…
October 13, 2011
Report
Canada urged to arrest and prosecute George W. Bush
Amnesty International today urged Canadian authorities to arrest and either prosecute or extradite former US President George W. Bush for…
October 12, 2011
Report
New Libya ’stained’ by detainee abuse
Militia fighting against Colonel Mu'ammar al-Gaddafi have detained about 2,500 people in the capital Tripoli and surrounding areas since taking…
October 12, 2011
Report
Ukraine must act to deal with endemic police criminality
Human rights abuses are practised systematically by the police in Ukraine, despite increasing efforts to combat the problem and growing…
October 11, 2011