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Chad: Amnesty International Deeply Concerned Over U.N. Security Council Resolution to Pull Peacekeepers from Chad
Amnesty International is deeply concerned about whether the Chadian authorities can adequately protect the hundreds of...
March 27, 2011
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China: Chinese Crackdown on Uighur Writers Continues as Web Editor Jailed
Amnesty International Media ReleaseFor Immediate Release Monday, March 07, 2011Chinese Crackdown on Uighur Writers Continues as Web Editor Jailed, Says Amnesty InternationalContact: AIUSA media relations office, 202-509-8194 (Washington, D.C.) An ethnic Uighur website manager who was sentenced to seven years in jail in China after a secret trial is the latest in a series of Uighur writers imprisoned for peaceful expression of cultural or political views, Amnesty International said today.Tursunjan Hezim, a 38-year-old former history teacher, was reportedly detained shortly after the July 5, 2009 protests in Urumqi in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), which turned violent after police…
March 27, 2011
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Chad: New Amnesty International Report Documents Children Compelled to Join Chadian Military and Armed Groups
A new report by Amnesty International documents children recruited from displacement camps to join Chadian military and...
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 Will Demonstrate In Support of Mexican Women of Atenco
Amnesty International will hold a rally at the Mexican consulate in Washington D.C. to support women in San Salvador Atenco,...
March 27, 2011
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Israel: Amnesty International Condemns Killing of Family on West Bank
Amnesty International Press ReleaseFor Immediate ReleaseMonday, March 14, 2011Amnesty International Condemns Killing of Settler Family on West Bank; Urges Israel to Step in To Prevent Reprisals Against Palistinian CiviliansContact: Suzanne Trimel, 212-633-4150, [email protected] (New York) -- Amnesty International today condemned the killing of a settler family on Friday evening and called on Israel to halt a continuing wave of reprisal attacks by West Bank settlers against Palestinians.Five members of the Fogel family were stabbed to death in their home in the West Bank settlement of Itamar, near Nablus.Since Saturday morning, Israeli settlers have reportedly used stones, Molotov cocktails, guns, clubs…
March 27, 2011
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Iran: Amnesty International Condemns Crackdown on Protests in Iran
Amnesty International has condemned the Iranian authorities for breaking up an apparently peaceful march held in Tehran in...
March 27, 2011
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Indonesia: Malukan activists at risk of torture in detention
Amnesty International has warned that ten Malukan political activists detained by Indonesia's special anti-terrorism police...
March 27, 2011
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USA: Amnesty International USA Voices Serious Concerns about Federal Immigration Proposal Priorities
Amnesty International USA voiced serious concerns today regarding priorities for a comprehensive immigration reform which...
March 27, 2011
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Saudi Arabia: Amnesty International Urges Saudi Arabie to Allow Peaceful Protests, After Government Bans Right to Demonstrations
Amnesty International Press ReleaseFor Immediate ReleaseMonday, March 7, 2011Amnesty International Urges Saudi Arabia to Allow Peaceful Protests, After Government Bans Right to Legitimate Demonstrations and Detains 24 PeopleOrganization Also Calls for Investigation Into Reports Police Beat and Kicked Protesters in city of al-Qatif Contact: Suzanne Trimel, 212-633-4150, [email protected] (New York) -- Amnesty International today called on the Saudi Arabian government to allow peaceful protests, saying a ban on all demonstrations in the kingdom was “outrageous.” The organization also called for an investigation into the detention last week of about 24 people after peaceful protests and assaults by police on others.On…
March 27, 2011
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Egypt: Amnesty International Says At Critical Moment of Change in Egypt,
Amnesty International today called on Egypt's authorities to end 30 years of repressive emergency rule and allow ordinary...
March 27, 2011
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Greece: Must stop treating migrants as criminals
The Greek authorities should immediately review their policy of locking up irregular migrants and asylum-seekers, including...
March 27, 2011