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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
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Cuba: Activists to Be Released
Amnesty International Media StatementFor Immediate ReleaseWednesday, March 23, 2011Amnesty International Reacts to Release of Activists in CubaContact: AIUSA media relations…
March 27, 2011
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Egypt: Women Protestors Forced to Take ‘Virginity Tests’
Amnesty International has today called on the Egyptian authorities to investigate serious allegations of torture, including...
March 27, 2011
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Egyptian women protesters forced to take ‘virginity tests’
Women protesters cleared from Tahrir Square on 9 March were forced to have 'virginity tests' after being beaten and given...
March 27, 2011
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China: Amnesty International Calls for the Release of Prominent China Dissident Facing ‘Subervsion’ Trial
Liu Xianbin is being tried in Sichuan province for "incitement to subvert state power" over articles he wrote in 2009…
March 27, 2011
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United States: Amnesty International Reiterates its Call for End to Harsh Detention of Wikileaks Soldier
Amnesty International Media ReleaseFor Immediate ReleaseThursday, March 24, 2011Amnesty International Reiterates its Call for End to Harsh Detention of Wikileaks…
March 27, 2011
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Yemen: Amnesty International Warns Yemen Over Use of Deadly Force Ahead of Fresh Protests
The Yemeni authorities must stop security forces from using unwarranted deadly force and heavy-handed tactics at a...
March 27, 2011
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Syria: Spiraling Syria Death Toll Reports are ‘Disturbing,’ Says Amnesty International
In the last 24 hours, security forces have reportedly killed dozens of people in and around Dera?a, including when they…
March 27, 2011