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Yemen: Amnesty International Expresses Grave Concern for Demonstrators in Yemen as Authorities Step Up Crackdown on Peaceful Protests
Yemeni authorities have used excessive force against peaceful anti-government protestors in assaults that included beatings,...
March 27, 2011
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Chad: Amnesty International Welcomes House Amendment to Prohibit Military Spending in Chad
An amendment offered by Congressman Jeff Fortenberry would prohibit U.S. military assistance to Chad. Scott Edwards, Amnesty...
March 27, 2011
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India: Maoist kidnappings come against backdrop of rising violence
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March 27, 2011
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Bahrain: Protestor Describes Torture by Police After Arrest in Manama
Abdallah Salman Mohammad Hassan told Amnesty International that he and a friend endured torture and other ill-treatment...
March 27, 2011
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Cuba: Cuban Authorities Urged To End Harrassment of Dead Activist’s Family
Cuban authorities continue to harrass the family of Orlando Zapata Tamayo, a human rights activist who died during a hunger...
March 27, 2011
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Ivory Coast: Amnesty International Documents Ongoing Sexual Violence and Unlawful Killings by Security Forces on Both Sides of Political Stalemate in Ivory Coast
Women are being gang-raped in front of their children and men beaten in the streets by the security forces of…
March 27, 2011
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Libya: Amnesty International Calls on U.N. Security Council and Arab League To Act Decisively on Libyan Crimes
The U.N. Security Council must investigate the crisis in Libya that has left hundreds of protestors dead and must make…
March 27, 2011
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Amnesty International Urges Yemen to End Crackdown on Government Protesters After Two Deaths Reported in Sana’a
Amnesty International Press ReleaseFor Immediate ReleaseWednesday, February 22, 2011Amnesty International Urges Yemen to End Crackdown on Government Protesters After Two…
March 27, 2011
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Libya: Organization Calls for Immediate Arms Embargo and Assets Freeze
Amnesty International StatementFor Immediate ReleaseWednesday, February 23, 2011Amnesty International Accuses U.N. Security Council and African Union of Failing the People…
March 27, 2011
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Amnesty International Says Balochistan Atrocities Continue to Rise in Pakistan
Amnesty International Media ReleaseFor Immediate ReleaseWednesday, February 23, 2011Amnesty International Says Balochistan Atrocities Continue to Rise in PakistanContact: AIUSA media…
March 27, 2011
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Congo: Order to Attack Village in January Resulted in the Rapes of More than 35 Women
Amnesty International Press Release For Immediate Release Wednesday, February 23, 2011 Amnesty International Says Sentencing of Military General in Democratic…
March 27, 2011
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Indonesia Must Commit to Religious Freedom, Says Amnesty International
Indonesia Must Commit to Religious Freedom, Says Amnesty InternationalContact: AIUSA media relations office, 202-509-8194(Washington, D.C.) Amnesty International urges the Indonesian…
March 27, 2011