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In Istanbul, Forced Evictions of City's Most Vulnerable
Dozens of families in Istanbul are facing forced eviction as a result of an urban regeneration project.
July 22, 2011
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Crackdown in Malaysia
Despite its membership in the UN Human Rights Council, the Malaysian government is participating into a worsening campaign of repression against its people.
July 22, 2011
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Proposed Saudi Arabia “Anti-Terror” Law Would Crush Peaceful Dissent and Protest, Says Amnesty International
Amnesty International has obtained copies of a secret draft Saudi Arabian anti-terrorism law that would allow the authorities to prosecute peaceful dissent with harsh penalties as "terrorist crime."
July 22, 2011
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Georgia Ordered To Videotape Execution
A court has ordered Georgia to video the execution of Andrew DeYoung to see if the state's execution protocol produces unconstitutional levels of pain.
July 21, 2011
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Amnesty Activism at Work: Dump DOMA!
Amnesty staff delivered petition signatures to the U.S. Senate urging them to end discrimination against the LGBT community.
July 21, 2011
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Hundreds Disappeared, Killed and Tortured in Gambia
Activists in 22 cities raise the alarm on Gambia's deteriorating human rights situation on July 22.
July 21, 2011
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Amnesty International Urges the House to Not Slash U.S. Foreign Affairs Budget
Contact: AIUSA media relations, 202-509-8194 (Washington, DC) -- Adotei Akwei, managing director for government relations for Amnesty International USA, issued the following statement in response to reports that the United States House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee is advancing a bill that would significantly cut the Obama administration's international affairs budget request: "Congress should fully fund the President's FY12 International Affairs Budget request. At a time of fiscal hardship, it is more imperative than ever that the United States utilize its resources to the maximum. A relatively small investment will help promote freedom and development abroad, which will in turn…
July 21, 2011
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Amnesty International Condemns Decision to Carry Out Stroman Execution, Saying the State ‘Has Taken the Low Road’
Contact: Wende Gozan Brown at 212-633-4247,[email protected]. (Washington, DC) - Following the execution of Mark Stroman, Brian Evans of Amnesty International USA's Death Penalty Abolition Campaign released the following statement: "This execution comes in retaliation for Stroman's shooting spree, which was itself in retaliation for the attacks of September 11. With the surviving victim of Stroman's crimes making heartfelt pleas to stop the execution, Texas had a golden opportunity to end this cycle of brutality. Instead, authorities took the low road and committed yet another pointless act of violence and revenge." Amnesty International is a Nobel Peace Prize-winning grassroots activist organization…
July 21, 2011
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Addressing Epidemic of Sexual Violence Against Native Women in US
Amnesty addresses the epidemic of sexual violence against American Indian and Alaska Native women at a recent Senate hearing.
July 20, 2011
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Amnesty International Report Describes “Unimaginable Daily Horrors” for Children in Somalia
Executions, Indiscriminate Attacks and Denial of Food, Water and Medical Care are Outlined in New Report Contact: Suzanne Trimel, 212-633-4150, [email protected] (New York) -- The scale of war crimes affecting Somali children, including the systematic recruitment of child soldiers under 15 by armed Islamist groups, is exposed in a new report released today by Amnesty International, which said children are experiencing "unimagineable horrors on a daily basis." "In the Line of Fire: Somalia's Children Under Attack" reveals the full impact on children of the on-going armed conflict. Children in Somalia are being recruited as child soldiers and…
July 20, 2011
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Remember 1973. Hold Torturers Accountable.
Amnesty activists protest aboard the Chilean ship 'La Esmeralda' after a Chilean judge drops charges against those implicated in the torture of a priest aboard the vessel.
July 19, 2011
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Will Texas Ignore Victim's Rights?
Rais Bhuiyan seeks to stay Mark Stroman's execution in Texas scheduled on July 20 so he can meet face-to-face with the man who shot him and left him for dead. Is that too much to ask?
July 19, 2011