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Police Violence Must End in Papua
A pro-independence protest in Papua has been met with a violent response by the Indonesian security forces.
October 25, 2012
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Researchers Expose Illegal Detention and Torture in Ivory Coast
More than 200 people, including members of former President Laurent Gbagbo’s Ivorian Popular Front, are being illegally detained and tortured months after he was arrested and turned over to the International Criminal Court.
October 25, 2012
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Bahrain Must Overturn Unjust ‘Nightmare’ Convictions for Two Teachers
A Bahrain appeals court has upheld a guilty verdict against two former against two former leaders of the Bahrain Teachers’ Association (BTA), who were imprisoned in 2011for calling for a teachers’ strike.
October 22, 2012
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Amnesty International Calls on Cuba to Allow “Ladies in White” Activists to Freely Commemorate Anniversary of Leader’s Death
Contact: Suzanne Trimel, [email protected], 212-633-4150, @strimel (New York) -- Amnesty International said today it is concerned about the safety of the activist group “Ladies in White” as the one-year anniversary of their leader’s death approaches on Oct. 14, and called on authorities to ensure the women can mark the anniversary without harassment or intimidation. “Given the Cuban authorities’ shameful record when it comes to the treatment of human rights activists, we are concerned for the safety of the Ladies in White as they commemorate the anniversary of the death of one of their members,” said Javier Zúñiga Mejía Borja, special…
October 11, 2012
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Amnesty International Reports Illegal Detentions, Enforced Disappearances and Torture of Civilians by Rwandan Military Intelligence
Rwanda’s military intelligence, known as J2, has illegally held scores of civilians in military camps where they allegedly were beaten and subjected to electric shocks and sensory deprivation to force confessions during interrogations, Amnesty International said today in a new report.
October 9, 2012
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Cuba Must Release Opposition Blogger Immediately
A prominent Cuban opposition blogger, due to cover the opening trial of Spanish politician Ángel Francisco Carromero Barrios, was arrested Thursday evening.
October 5, 2012
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Clarity Needed Over Disappearance of Syrian Human Rights Lawyer
A prominent human rights lawyer who disappeared along with his friend on their way to work are feared to have been detained by Syrian security forces
October 4, 2012
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Six Bahraini Medical Staff Jailed for Exercising Right to Expression Must Be Released Immediately
Six Bahraini medical staff were jailed on Monday for their role in last year’s pro-reform uprising in Bahrain.
October 2, 2012
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Suzanne Nossel, Amnesty International USA Executive Director, Responds to Khadr Repatriation to Canada
Given the Obama administration’s glacial pace towards closing the U.S.-controlled detention center, little and late though it is, today’s news represents progress.
September 29, 2012
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Amnesty International Calls on Viet Nam to Release Detained Bloggers
Amnesty International calls on Viet Nam to immediately and unconditionally release three bloggers who face up to 20 years in jail simply for exercising their right to freedom of expression.
September 21, 2012
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Amnesty International Calls on Cuba to Say Why They are Holding Jorge Vázquez Chaviano or Release Him
The Cuban authorities must either explain why they failed to release detainee Jorge Vázquez Chaviano as scheduled on September 9 or let him go immediately and unconditionally.
September 14, 2012
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Amnesty International Remembers the Victims of the September 11th Attacks
Those responsible for the September 11th attacks must be brought to justice in fair trials in federal court without recourse to the death penalty.
September 11, 2012