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WORLD RENOWNED ARTIST CHAZ GUEST PORTRAYS GEORGIA DEATH-ROW INMATE TROY DAVIS IN NEW PAINTING, FILM

WORLD RENOWNED ARTIST CHAZ GUEST PORTRAYS GEORGIA DEATH-ROW INMATE TROY DAVIS IN NEW PAINTING, FILM ---- Wrongly Accused of a…

June 2, 2011

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Hollywood Luminaries Deliver Petition to the Iran Mission

Contact: Suzanne Trimel, 212-633-4150, [email protected]   Academy Award Winner Paul Haggis, Actress Nazanin Boniadi, Film Producer Trudie Styler and Former…

June 2, 2011

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Amnesty International Calls on Iraqi Authorities to Stop Clampdown on Peaceful Protests

Amnesty International has called on the Iraqi authorities to end their clampdown on peaceful protests following the arrest of 15…

June 1, 2011

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Amnesty International Welcomes UN Decision to Discuss Human Rights of Victims of Terrorism

Amnesty International welcomes the decision of the United Nations Human Rights Council to host a discussion on the human rights…

June 1, 2011

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Amnesty International Urges Georgia to Ensure Justice for Detained Protestors

Georgia must immediately investigate all allegations of ill-treatment and police violence that occurred during and after the dispersal of protests…

June 1, 2011

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Amnesty International Says Dáil’s Imposition of Time Limits on Ireland Smithwick Tribunal May Interfere with Independence of Judicial Inquiry

Today, Dáil Éireann (the Dáil, the lower house of Ireland’s parliament) passed a motion, following earlier approval by the Cabinet,…

June 1, 2011

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India: Toxic sludge leak from Vedanta’s red mud pond threatens rural communities

Amnesty International has warned that thousands of families in the Indian state of Orissa are facing serious health risks during…

June 1, 2011

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Amnesty International Calls on Iraqi Authorities to Stop Clampdown on Peaceful Protests

Amnesty International has called on the Iraqi authorities to end their clampdown on peaceful protests following the arrest of 15…

June 1, 2011

Press Release

Amnesty International Welcomes UN Decision to Discuss Human Rights of Victims of Terrorism

Amnesty International welcomes the decision of the United Nations Human Rights Council to host a discussion on the human rights…

June 1, 2011

Press Release

Amnesty International Urges Georgia to Ensure Justice for Detained Protestors

Georgia must immediately investigate all allegations of ill-treatment and police violence that occurred during and after the dispersal of protests…

June 1, 2011

Press Release

Amnesty International Says Dáil’s Imposition of Time Limits on Ireland Smithwick Tribunal May Interfere with Independence of Judicial Inquiry

Today, Dáil Éireann (the Dáil, the lower house of Ireland’s parliament) passed a motion, following earlier approval by the Cabinet,…

June 1, 2011

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India: Toxic sludge leak from Vedanta’s red mud pond threatens rural communities

Amnesty International has warned that thousands of families in the Indian state of Orissa are facing serious health risks during…

June 1, 2011