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Amnesty International Calls on Bahrain to Resist Excessive Force Against Protesters, As State of Emergency Is Set to End Wednesday and Massive Anti-Government Demonstrations are Planned

Contact: Suzanne Trimel, 212-633-4150, [email protected] Amnesty International Calls on Bahrain to Resist Excessive Force Against Protesters, As State of Emergency…

May 31, 2011

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Amnesty International Urges China to Exercise Restraint Over Inner Mongolia Protests

Chinese authorities must avoid a violent crackdown on demonstrations in the country’s Inner Mongolia region, as martial law was declared…

May 27, 2011

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Guatemala urged to investigated trade unionist’s killing

Guatemalan authorities must immediately carry out a thorough and impartial investigation into the killing of a trade unionist in the…

May 27, 2011

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Indian executions would be blow to human rights

The Indian President's decision to approve the country's first executions since 2004 would be a blow to human rights, Amnesty…

May 27, 2011

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China urged to exercise restraint over Inner Mongolia protests

Chinese authorities must avoid a violent crackdown on demonstrations in the country’s Inner Mongolia region, as martial law was declared…

May 27, 2011

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Amnesty International Describes Enforced Disappearances in Besieged Nafusa Mountain Region of Libya; Says People Taken Were Involved in Peaceful Protests

Scores of people have vanished from Libya's Nafusa Mountain area apparently at the hands of forces loyal to Colonel al-Gaddafi,…

May 27, 2011

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Indian Executions Would Be Blow to Human Rights, Says Amnesty International

The Indian President's decision to approve the country's first executions since 2004 would be a blow to human rights, Amnesty…

May 27, 2011

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Amnesty International Report on Rocket Attacks, Disappearances and Deteriorating Conditions in Libya’s Nafusa Mountain Area For Release May 27

Amnesty International releases an 18-page report on Friday, May 27 about disappearances and deteriorating conditions in the area in the…

May 27, 2011

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Amnesty International Urges China to Exercise Restraint Over Inner Mongolia Protests

Chinese authorities must avoid a violent crackdown on demonstrations in the country’s Inner Mongolia region, as martial law was declared…

May 27, 2011

Press Release

Guatemala urged to investigated trade unionist’s killing

Guatemalan authorities must immediately carry out a thorough and impartial investigation into the killing of a trade unionist in the…

May 27, 2011

Press Release

Indian executions would be blow to human rights

The Indian President's decision to approve the country's first executions since 2004 would be a blow to human rights, Amnesty…

May 27, 2011

Press Release

China urged to exercise restraint over Inner Mongolia protests

Chinese authorities must avoid a violent crackdown on demonstrations in the country’s Inner Mongolia region, as martial law was declared…

May 27, 2011