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Amid the third day of protests in Egypt, casualties and detentions are increasing: Today the brunt seems to be in the Suez region where Twitter reports indicate live ammo is being used by security forces.

January 27, 2011

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As world leaders gather in Davos this week for the World Economic Forum, a hearing opens in the Netherlands about Shell Oil's conduct in the Niger Delta. Amnesty International is at Davos to remind business and world leaders of their human rights obligations.

January 26, 2011

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In the wake of Ben Ali’s flight from Tunisia, Tunisian authorities have an unprecedented opportunity to address past abuse and overhaul a corrupt security and justice system.

January 26, 2011

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The crackdown on protesters in Egypt continues for a second day today as Egyptians flock to the streets to speak out against poverty, police abuse and corruption. The blocking of Twitter and other communications seems like an attempt to stop the world from knowing what is happening in Egypt, and to cut off demonstrators from each other.

January 26, 2011

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Amnesty International and Friends of the Earth International today filed an official complaint against oil giant Shell for breaches of basic standards for responsible business for its pollution in the Niger Delta.

January 25, 2011

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It’s been two years since the ceasefires and almost one-and-a-half years since Justice Goldstone presented the findings of the UN FFM. Both Palestinians and Israelis deserve accountability, justice and reparations and it’s time for the international justice process to be allowed to continue.

January 25, 2011

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Go to www.livestream.com/amnestywest at 7:30PM Pacific time on Wednesday, January 26th to watch a live panel discussion with former Guantanamo detainee Omar Deghayes, Candace Gorman, whose work has included representing two Guantánamo detainees, and Professor Almerindo Ojeda from the UC Davis Center for the Study of Human Rights in the Americas, which hosts the Guantánamo Testimonials Project. Mr. Deghayes, who was partially blinded at Guantánamo, will join the panel by video link from the UK, where he lives with his family; he is not allowed in the U.S. despite never having been charged, let alone convicted, of a crime. His story of…

January 25, 2011

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US authorities must alleviate the harsh pre-trial detention conditions of Bradley Manning, the soldier accused of leaking information to Wikileaks. Private Bradley Manning has been held for 23 hours a day in a sparsely furnished solitary cell and deprived of a pillow, sheets, and personal possessions since July 2010.

January 24, 2011

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It wasn’t enough for Israel to send Rahma to jail for a year for leading non-violent protests against the wall/fence in the West Bank. Now, having been kept detained, even after he was suppose to be released November 18th,, Israel has compounded the outrage by tacking on another four months in jail for the prisoner of conscience.

January 24, 2011

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Amnesty International has urged US authorities in Pennsylvania not to try a 13-year-old boy in an adult court as it could result in a violation of international law.

January 24, 2011

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The difference, of course, is the lightning bolt provided by the Tunisian revolution this month, which has energized human rights and democracy activists in Egypt and throughout the region.

January 24, 2011

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Hospira, Inc., the only FDA approved manufacturer of the lethal injection anesthetic sodium thiopental, has decided to stop making that drug, throwing the status of U.S. executions into disarray.

January 22, 2011