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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

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Bahrain: Amnesty International Calls for Probe of Torture Allegations as 23 Opposition Activists are Released in Bahrain

Amnesty International Press ReleaseFor Immediate ReleaseThursday, February 24, 2011Amnesty International Calls for Probe of Torture Allegations as 23 Opposition Activists…

March 27, 2011

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Mumbai gunman brought to justice but Amnesty International says no to death sentence

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March 27, 2011

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Libya: Amnesty International Calls on U.N. Security Council to Direct Possible ‘Crimes Against Humanity’ Investigation of Libya

Amnesty International Press ReleaseFor Immediate ReleaseFriday, February 25, 2011Amnesty International Calls on U.N. Security Council To Direct Possible ‘Crimes Against…

March 27, 2011

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Moroccan authorities must uphold freedom of assembly

Moroccan authorities must uphold freedom of assembly Amnesty International today condemned the Moroccan security forces’ violent dispersal of peaceful protestors…

March 27, 2011

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Egpyt: Family of Victim Killed in Uprising Face Reprisals and Intimidation by Security Force, Says Amnesty International

The family of slain 19-year-old university student Mostafa Abdou El Sayed, who was shot and killed by security forces on...

March 27, 2011

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US: Amnesty International Activists Converge in San Francisco to Celebrate 50 Years of Human Rights Work

Amnesty International Press ReleaseFor Immediate Release:Thursday, February 24, 2011AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL ACTIVISTS CONVERGE IN SAN FRANCISCOTO CELEBRATE 50 YEARS OF HUMAN…

March 27, 2011

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Vietnam: Amnesty International Calls on Vietnamese Authorities to Release Dr. Nguyen Dan Que

Dr. Nguyen Dan Que, an endocrinologist and political and nonviolent human rights activist, has been arrested again by...

March 27, 2011