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Libya: Amnesty International Demands a Halt to Deadly Force by Libyan Authorities to Suppress Protests
Government security forces opened fire on demonstrators in the city of Al Bayda, killing demonstrator Nancer Miftah...
March 27, 2011
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Yemen: Security Forces Attack Peaceful Demonstrators and Journalists
Amnesty International called on Yemen today to stop its security forces from attacking peaceful protesters and journalists...
March 27, 2011
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Bahrain: Amnesty International Condemnds Brutality and Deadly Force Against Peaceful Protests in Bahrain with Six People Reportedly Killed
Six people were killed as Bahraini authorities for used deadly force to forcibly evict a peaceful protest camp in the...
March 27, 2011
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Egpyt: Protestors Released From Detention Describe Torture Days Before Mubarak Departed
According to testimonies from newly released detainees, in the final days before Egyptian President Mubarak stepped down,...
March 27, 2011
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14-YEAR-old RELEASED from jail in India
14-YEAR-old RELEASED from jail in india Mushtaq Ahmad Sheikh, a child aged 14, was detained without charge or trial in…
March 27, 2011
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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