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Pakistan: Amnesty International with AAAS Use Geo-visualization Techniques for Human Rights Issues in Northwestern Pakistan
Amnesty International, in collaboration with AAAS Science and Human Rights Program, has created a new database of human...
March 27, 2011
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Malaysia: Government Reveals Nearly 30,000 Foreigners Caned
The Malaysian government disclosed that almost 30,000 foreigners had been caned in five years. Unchecked abuses by...
March 27, 2011
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Italy: Amnesty International Urges Italy to Protect Migrants’ Rights as Thousands Leave Tunisia
As thousands of migrants flee Tunisia and arrive on the Italian mainland, Italy must not repeat past abuses of...
March 27, 2011
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Iran: Must release or try U.S. hikers held without charge for a year
Amnesty International has called on the Iranian authorities to release three U.S. nationals who have been detained without...
March 27, 2011
Press Release
Kyrgystzan: Authorities in Kyrgyzstan Must Refrain from Unlawful Use of Force
Amnesty International is calling on the authorities in Kyrgyzstan not to use excessive force in their attempts to end...
March 27, 2011
Press Release
Israel: Amnesty International’s Petition Urges United Nations to Act for International Justice for Gaza Conflict Victims
Amnesty International Public StatementFor Immediate ReleaseMonday, March 07, 2011Amnesty International’s Petition Urges United Nations to Act for International Justice for Gaza Conflict Victims ---Human rights organization presents more than 66,000 signatures to UN Human Rights Council’s presidentContact: AIUSA media relations office, 202-509-8194 (Washington, D.C.) Amnesty International today handed over a petition of some 66,850 signatures to the United Nations Human Rights Council calling on it to take a crucial step later this month to ensuring international justice for victims of the 2008-2009 conflict in Gaza and southern Israel.The petition contains the signatures collected by Amnesty International members and supporters around…
March 27, 2011
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Sri Lanka: Amnesty International Calls on Sri Lankan Government to Act on Enforced Disappearance
Well-known human rights defender Pattani Razeek disappeared on February 11, 2010 in Sri Lanka's North Central Province....
March 27, 2011
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Iran: Authorities must release wife and brother-in-law of human rights lawyer
Amnesty International is calling on its worldwide membership to appeal to Iranian authorities to release the wife and...
March 27, 2011
Press Release
Somalia: Journalist Captured in Somalia by Al-Shabab Must be Released, Says Amnesty International
Amnesty International is calling for the immediate release of a Somali radio journalist held by the armed group al-Shabab,...
March 27, 2011
Report
Invisible Victims: Migrants on the Move in Mexico
Invisible Victims: Migrants on the Move in Mexico Available in PDF only
March 26, 2011
Report
Spain: Out of the shadows – Time to end incommunicado detention
Amnesty International considers that the incommunicado regime in Spanish law is a violation of Spain’s obligations under...
March 26, 2011
Report
Morocco/Western Sahara: No more half measures: Addressing enforced disappearances in Morocco and Western Sahara
In a significant break with the past in Morocco and Western Sahara, King Mohamed VI established the Equity and...
March 26, 2011