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Libya: Ghaddafi’s Forces Are Carrying Out Campaign of Disappearances Inside Libya to Crush Growing Opposition, Says Amnesty International in New Report
The report by an Amnesty International team inside Libya details more than30 cases of individuals who have disappeared since...
April 14, 2011
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Israel: Amnesty International’s Petition Urges United Nations to Act for International Justice for Gaza Conflict Victims
Amnesty International Public StatementFor Immediate ReleaseMonday, March 07, 2011Amnesty International’s Petition Urges United Nations to Act for International Justice for Gaza Conflict Victims ---Human rights organization presents more than 66,000 signatures to UN Human Rights Council’s presidentContact: AIUSA media relations office, 202-509-8194 (Washington, D.C.) Amnesty International today handed over a petition of some 66,850 signatures to the United Nations Human Rights Council calling on it to take a crucial step later this month to ensuring international justice for victims of the 2008-2009 conflict in Gaza and southern Israel.The petition contains the signatures collected by Amnesty International members and supporters around…
March 27, 2011
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Iran: Medical treatment is denied to political prisoners
A year after the start of a major crackdown in Iran in response to the demonstrations that followed President Mahmoud...
March 27, 2011
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Ethiopia: Prisoners of conscience prepare to face ‘trial’
As international concerns regarding the human rights situation in Ethiopia escalate, Amnesty International called for the...
March 27, 2011
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USA: Must fight anti-immigrant sentiment in nine states
On the eve of Arizona's immigration enforcement law, S.B. 1070, taking effect, Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) is...
March 27, 2011
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USA: Amnesty International Welcomes Rep. Luis Gutierrez’s Immigrant Reform Bill
Sarnata Reynolds, Advocacy and Policy Director for Refugee and Migrants' Rights at Amnesty International USA (AISUA),...
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 RIGHTS WORK----Joan Baez, West Coast Co-Founder of the Organization,To Be Honored for a Lifetime of Human Rights Activism----Model Christy Turlington, Grammy Winners Steve Earle and Saúl Hernández, Rapper Jahiand Actress Nazanin Boniadi Join Former Prisoners of Conscience to Tackle Today’s Challenges Contact: Wende Gozan Brown at 212-633-4247, [email protected]. San Francisco – Up to one thousand activists from across the country will converge in San Francisco from March 18-20 to mark Amnesty International’s 50th anniversary and tackle a range of pressing…
March 27, 2011
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Amnesty International Demands Investigation Into Death of Leading Human Rights Activist in Congo
The Congolese government must immediately launch a thorough, impartial and independent investigation into the death of one...
March 27, 2011
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Iran: Must end harrassment of lawyer in stoning case
Amnesty International today called on Iran to stop harassing human rights lawyers amid continuing uncertainty over the...
March 27, 2011
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Iran: Amnesty International Condemns Harsh Sentence for Iranian-American Journalist Roxana Saberi
Amnesty International condemned the eight-year prison sentence imposed by an Iranian Revolutionary Court on Iranian-American...
March 27, 2011
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Cuba: Amnesty International Calls on Cuba to Release All Imprisoned Activists
Amnesty International Press ReleaseMonday, February 7, 2011Amnesty International Calls on Cuba to Release All Imprisoned ActivistsContact: Wende Gozan Brown at 212-633-4247, [email protected]. (London) -- Amnesty International today urged the Cuban authorities to release immediately and unconditionally all prisoners of conscience, following the release of a human rights activist who refused to go to exile in Spain.Guido Sigler Amaya was freed on Friday. He had been held since 2003 and was among 52 prisoners of conscience the authorities agreed to release last July as a result of talks between the Roman Catholic Church and Cuban President Raul Castro.Since the releases were…
March 27, 2011
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Indonesia: Denial of medical care for Filep Karma: Health Professional Action
Document - Indonesia: Denial of medical care for Filep Karma: Health Professional Action Public Index: ASA 21/005/2010 To: Health Professional Network From: Health and Human Rights Team Date: 5 May 2010 Health Professional Action Denial of medical care for Filep Karma Indonesia Filep Karma, a 50-year-old prisoner of conscience, is in need of urgent medical care at Abepura Prison in the Indonesian province of Papua. He has been very ill since August 2009. Amnesty International has received information that he looks pale, has lost a lot of weight and has to lift his legs when he sleeps to ease the…
March 27, 2011