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Amnesty International Expresses Condolences to those Impacted by the Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan
Amnesty International Public StatementFor Immediate ReleaseWednesday, March 16, 2011Amnesty International Expresses Condolences to those Impacted by the Earthquake and Tsunami…
March 27, 2011
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With a New Crackdown on Protests in Bahrain, Amnesty International Calls on Countries Including the United States to Suspend Weapons Supplies to the Country
Contact: Suzanne Trimel, 212-633-4150. [email protected] a New Crackdown on Protests in Bahrain, Amnesty International Calls on Countries Including the United…
March 27, 2011
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Evidence of Bahraini security forces’ brutality revealed
Amnesty International reveals evidence of the Bahraini security forces' systematic use of excessive force in cracking down...
March 27, 2011
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Bahrain: “Disturbing, Damning Evidence” of Bahrain’s Excessive Force Against Peaceful Protestors Including Live Ammunition Fired at Close Range
Bahrain?s security forces used live ammunition at close range and targeted peaceful protestor?s heads, chests and abdomens...
March 27, 2011
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Iraqi man jailed for five years on spurious terror charges
Walid Yunis Ahmad, who had already been detained without trial for 11 years, was convicted of "sending orders and instructions…
March 27, 2011
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Iraq: Man Jailed for Five Years on Spurious Terror Charges, Says Amnesty International
Amnesty International has called on the authorities in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) to release an Iraqi man who…
March 27, 2011
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Amnesty International Urges Morocco Not to Suppress Weekend Protests
Amnesty International Media ReleaseFor Immediate ReleaseFriday, March 18, 2011Amnesty International Urges Morocco Not to Suppress Weekend ProtestsContact: AIUSA media relations…
March 27, 2011
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Amnesty International Calls on Yemeni Authorities to Act on Sniper Killings of Protesters
Amnesty International Media ReleaseFor Immediate ReleaseFriday, March 18, 2011Amnesty International Calls on Yemeni Authorities to Act on Sniper Killings of…
March 27, 2011
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Amnesty International Launches New Technology-Driven Campaign Tool to Mobilize Action to Stop Harmful Gas Flaring in Nigeria
Amnesty International has launched the latest project in its pioneering campaign employing satellite and geo-spatial technologies to expose and fight…
March 27, 2011
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Guatemala: Indigenous Farmers Evicted by Guatemalan Authorities
Amnesty International calls on the Guatemalan authorities to halt the forced evictions of indigenous farming communities...
March 27, 2011
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China: Internet Activists Arrested
More than 100 activists, many of them active on Twitter and blogging networks, have been detained, subjected to monitoring...
March 27, 2011
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Syria: Amnesty International Condemns Attack on Mosque Amid Wave of Detentions in Syria
At least seven people are reported to have been killed in a night-time raid on the 'Omari mosque in the…
March 27, 2011