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Libya: Amnesty International Finds Evidence of Extrajudicial Executions Apparently by Colonel Gaddafi’s Forces Near Ajdabiya
Amnesty International Press ReleaseFor Immediate ReleaseMonday, April 11, 2011Amnesty International Finds Evidence of Extrajudicial Executions Apparently by Colonel Gaddafi’s Forces Near AjdabiyaBodies of Opposition Fighters Were Shot in the Head, Their Hands Bound Behind Their Backs, Says Group’s Researchers in Libya Contact: Suzanne Trimel, 212-633-4150, [email protected](New York) -- Amnesty International today revealed evidence of extrajudicial executions apparently committed by Colonel Mu'ammar al-Gaddafi's forces near the town of Ajdabiya.Amnesty International researchers in eastern Libya on Sunday saw the bodies of two opposition fighters who had been shot in the back of the head after their hands had been bound behind their…
May 6, 2011
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Iraq: Amnesty International Urges Iraqi Authorites to End Attacks on Protesters and Threats Against Government Critics
Amnesty InternationalPress Release Release Monday, April 11, 2001Amnesty International Urges Iraqi Authorites to End Attacks on Protesters and Threats Against Government CriticsNew Report Says Journalists, Academics, Students and Others are Being Targeted in Iraq and Kurdistan RegionContact: Suzanne Trimel, 212-633-4150, [email protected](New York) – Iraqi authorities are threatening, harrassing and intimidating government critics, journalists, academics, protest organizers and others who are speaking out against chronic lack of services, widespread unemployment, human rights abuses and corruption, Amnesty International said in a report issued today.Days of Rage: Protests and Repression in Iraq documents the killings of pro-democracy protesters by Iraqi and Kurdish forces,…
May 6, 2011
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Amnesty International Calls for End to Reprisal Attacks Against Gbagbo Supporters in Ivory Coast
Amnesty International Press Release For Immediate Release Tuesday, April 12 2011 Amnesty International Calls for End to Reprisal Attacks Against Gbagbo Supporters in Ivory Coast Eyewitnesses Say Policeman Belonging to Gbago’s Ethnic Group is Shot Dead, After Being Taken from His Home Contact: Suzanne Trimel, 212-633-4150, [email protected] (New York) – Amnesty International warned today that perceived supporters of former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo are at risk of violent reprisals – eyewitnesses report a policeman taken from his home and shot dead -- despite President Outtara’s call on Monday for Ivorians to “abstain from all forms of reprisals…
May 6, 2011
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Leaked Guantanamo Files Highlight Need for Fair Trials and Accountability, Says Amnesty International
Amnesty International Media Release For Immediate Release Tuesday, April 26, 2011 Leaked Guantanamo Files Highlight Need for Fair Trials and Accountability, Says Amnesty International Contact: AIUSA media relations office, 202-509-8194 (Washington, D.C.) -- Amnesty International today renewed its call on U.S. authorities to release or give fair trials to remaining Guantanamo Bay detainees, after leaked files revealed fresh details about those held at the detention center. "The files confirm what we have been saying all along about Guantanamo Bay - that many were detained for spurious reasons and held for years without access to the U.S. legal system," said Susan…
May 6, 2011
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Syria: Amnesty International Calls on Syrian President to Rein in Security Forces After Violent Crackdown
Amnesty International Media Release For Immediate Release Thursday, April 14, 2011, Amnesty International Calls on Syrian President to Rein in Security Forces After Violent Crackdown Contact: AIUSA media relations office, 202-509-8194 (Washington, D.C.) -- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad must rein in his security forces and prevent further unlawful killings, Amnesty International said today, as the coastal city of Banias remained under virtual lockdown and the army was reported to have detained all males over 15 in the nearby village of al-Baydah. "The human rights crisis in Syria is growing by the day, almost by the hour," said Malcolm Smart,…
May 6, 2011
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Ivory Coast: Amnesty International Reports “Ghost Villages”
Tens of Thousands of Displaced and Fearful Civilians, Their Homes Burned and Looted, Hide in Bush
May 6, 2011
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Italy: Amnesty International findings and recommendations to the Italian authorities following the research visit to Lampedusa and Mineo
A delegation of Amnesty International travelled to the island of Lampedusa and the “Village of Solidarity” in the environs of Mineo, in the Catania province, between 29 March and 2 April 2011.
May 4, 2011
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Egypt: Two dead as Egyptian army forces protestors out of Tahrir Square
Amnesty International Press Release For Immediate Release Saturday, April 9, 2011 Two dead as Egyptian army forces protesters out of Tahrir Square Contact: Wende Gozan Brown at 347-526-5520, [email protected]. (London) -- Amnesty International today condemned the excessive use of force used by the Egyptian army after at least two protesters were reportedly killed when soldiers attempted to disperse those gathered in Cairo’s Tahrir Square. Protesters told Amnesty International the army used sticks and electric batons, fired shots in the air and drove armored vehicles into the protest causing a number of injuries. Some 15 people were reportedly detained, as…
April 14, 2011
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Syria: Death Toll Climbs as Protests Spread, Says Amnesty International
At least 55 people are believed to have been killed during a week of unrest in and around the Syrian town of Dera?a, Amnesty...
April 14, 2011
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Yemen: Amnesty International Warns Against Political Deals to Give Yemeni President Immunity for Brutality Against Protesters in Exchange for Handing Over Power
Amnesty International Press ReleaseFor Release Tuesday,April 5, 2011Amnesty International Warns Against Political Deals to Give Yemeni President Immunity for Brutality Against Protesters in Exchange for Handing Over PowerNew Report Documents Wave of Killings by Security Forces and Government’s Failure to Hold Anyone AccountableContact: Suzanne Trimel, 212-633-4150, [email protected] (New York) – Amnesty International warned today against any possible political deals to give Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh or his close relatives immunity for the brutal repression of protesters in return for handing over power. In a new report, Moment of Truth for Yemen, the organization said the world must insist that…
April 14, 2011
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Serbia: Serbia Urged to Stop Forced Evictions of Roma in New Amnesty International Report
Amnesty International Press ReleaseFor Immediate ReleaseThursday, April 7, 2011Serbia Urged to Stop Forced Evictions of Roma, Says Amnesty International in New Report--Hundreds Forced to Live in Poverty, Inadequate Housing, Report SaysContact: AIUSA media relations office, 202-509-8194(Washington, D.C.) -- The Serbian authorities must halt a series of forced evictions of Roma in the capital Belgrade and to provide them with adequate housing, Amnesty International said on the eve of International Roma Day.A new report, Home is more than a roof over your head: Roma denied adequate housing in Serbia, documents an increasing series of forced evictions of Roma since April 2009…
April 14, 2011
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China: Detains Ai Weiwei as Warning Against Dissent, Says Amnesty International
The detention of China?s most famous artist and political critic, Ai Weiwei, is a troubling development in a widening...
April 14, 2011