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Peru: Missionary defending Amazon tribes must not be deported

Amnesty International has called on the Peruvian government to revoke its decision to expel a British Catholic activist who...

March 27, 2011

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United Kingdom: Torture inquiry must be independent and thorough

Amnesty International calls on the United Kingdom government to ensure that its inquiry into U.K. complicity in torture and...

March 27, 2011

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Russia: Scientist could face forcible exile

Amnesty International has said that any deal over the release of a nuclear scientist, Igor Sutyagin, which requires him to...

March 27, 2011

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Indonesia: Prisoner of conscience has been released

Amnesty International has welcomed the release of an Indonesian prisoner of conscience jailed for his role in a peaceful...

March 27, 2011

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Russia: Must halt prosecution of exhibition organizers

Amnesty International and ARTICLE 19 are urging the Russian authorities to drop the charges against the organizers of...

March 27, 2011

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Iran: Fears remain mother of two could be hanged

Amnesty International today urged the Iranian authorities not to execute by any other method a 43-year-old woman convicted...

March 27, 2011

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Iran: Iran May Still Execute Woman Convicted of Adultery By Another Method

The Iranian Embassy in London announced on Thursday that Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani would not be stoned to death. However,...

March 27, 2011

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France: Votes to ban full-face veils

Amnesty International has condemned an overwhelming vote by the lower house of the French parliament to ban the wearing of...

March 27, 2011

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Egypt: Blogger and Bedouin rights activist, jailed without trial since 2007, has been released

Amnesty International today welcomed the release of an Egyptian Bedouin blogger and activist, who was held in prison without...

March 27, 2011

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Indonesia: Prisoner of conscience denied medical care : Johan Teterissa

Indonesia: Prisoner of conscience denied medical care : Johan TeterissaAvailable in PDF only

March 27, 2011

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Iran: Medical treatment is denied to political prisoners

A year after the start of a major crackdown in Iran in response to the demonstrations that followed President Mahmoud...

March 27, 2011

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Sudan: Government’s intelligence and security service carrying out brutal campaign of killings, torture, arbitrary arrests against opponents

The Sudanese National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) is carrying out a brutal campaign of killings, torture,...

March 27, 2011