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Mexico: Amnesty International Urges Mexico to Take Action Over Collusion Between Criminal Gangs and Police
Amnesty International Media ReleaseFor Immediate ReleaseThursday, April 14, 2011Amnesty International Urges Mexico to Take Action Over Collusion Between Criminal Gangs and PoliceContact: AIUSA media relations office, 202-509-8194 (Washington, D.C.) -- Amnesty International has urged the Mexican government to thoroughly investigate links between drug and criminal gangs and public officials, following the arrest this week of 16 police officers accused of working with gang members responsible for mass killings near the U.S. border.More than 120 bodies have been found in the last 10 days alone in mass graves in Tamaulipas state, on a route used by migrants travelling to the United…
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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Swaziland: Amnesty International Condemns Government’s “Alarming” Violence Against Peaceful Protests in Swaziland
Amnesty International Press Release For Immediate Release Wednesday, April 13, 2011 Amnesty International Condemns Government’s “Alarming” Violence Against Peaceful Protests in Swaziland Contact: Suzanne Trimel, 212-633-4150 (New York) -- Amnesty International today condemned the use by Swaziland authorities of state of emergency-style measures to crush peaceful anti-government protests taking place across the country and urged authorities to return to the rule of law. "We are alarmed by the levels of state violence in the past 24 hours and the numbers of arbitrary and secret detentions witnessed during this period and fear that those targeted may be at risk of torture,"…
May 6, 2011
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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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Sri Lanka: United Nations Report on Sri Lanka Conflict Must be Made Public, Says Amnesty International
Amnesty International Media Release For Immediate Release Tuesday, April 12, 2011United Nations Report on Sri Lanka Conflict Must be Made Public, Says Amnesty InternationalContact: AIUSA media relations office, 202-509-8194(Washington, D.C.) -- A United Nations (U.N.) report on accountability for war crimes committed in the Sri Lankan armed conflict must be made public, Amnesty International said today as a panel of experts submits their findings to U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon."Sri Lankans must be allowed to see the panel’s findings. The report concerns a critical period in their recent history and they deserve to read it in full," said Sam Zarifi,…
May 6, 2011
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UN must act now on Sri Lanka war crimes report
A UN report out today gives credibility to claims that both sides committed war crimes in Sri Lanka's civil war.
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
Report
Libya: Attacks against Misratah residents point to war crimes
The 300,000 residents of Misratah, Libya's third largest city have been living under siege and under fire since March 2011 when forces loyal to Colonel al-Gaddafi began a brutal military campaign to retake control of the only major opposition-held city in the west of the country. This report highlights cases of civilian casualties as a result of reckless and indiscriminate attacks by Colonel al-Gaddafi’s forces; the use of cluster bombs; the deliberate use of civilians as “human shields”; and the plight of foreign nationals trapped by the fighting.
May 5, 2011
Report
Egypt: Investigate security forces crimes now
Under a state of emergency enforced continuously for 30 years, Egyptian authorities can arrest anyone they choose on the mere suspicion that they might be a threat to public order and security. They can then detain them by administrative order without charge or trial for as long as they like. This report documents these patterns of abuse and the individual cases of many victims. Amnesty International is calling on the authorities to lift the state of emergency, repeal emergency legislation and end the corrosive system of administrative detention.
April 19, 2011
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China: Prominent Blogger Missing in China, Says Amnesty International
Chinese-born former diplomat Yang Hengjun, an Australian national, informed his blog administrator in a phone call on Sunday...
April 14, 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