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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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Syria: Amnesty International Urges Syrian Authorities to Lift Repressive Laws Amid Violence
The Syrian government's pledge to lift the country's long-standing state of emergency must be swiftly backed up with...
April 14, 2011
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Ivory Coast: Amnesty International Warns of Human Rights and Humanitarian Catastrophe as Forces Advance on Ivory Coast Capital
Amnesty InternationalPress Release For Immediate Release Thursday, March 31, 2011Amnesty International Warns of Human Rights and Humanitarian Catastrophe as Forces Advance on Ivory Coast CapitalOrganization Calls on International Community to Protect Civilians as Violence EscalatesContact: Suzanne Trimel, 212-633-4150, [email protected] (New York) – With violence escalating and forces loyal to Alassane Ouattara advancing toward the Ivory Coast capital of Abedjan, Amnesty International warned today that the capital city faces a human rights and humanitarian catastrophe and urged the international community to protect civilians. The organization said it has learned of retribution attacks and uncontrolled armed elements looting and burning homes and…
April 14, 2011
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Iran: Amnesty International Supports U.N. Decision to Monitor Human Rights Situation in Iran
Amnesty International Media ReleaseFor Immediate ReleaseFriday, March 25, 2011Amnesty International Supports U.N. Decision to Monitor Human Rights Situation in IranContact: AIUSA media relations office, 202-509-8194 (Washington, D.C.) The United Nations (U.N.) Human Rights Council's decision to appoint a Special Reporter to monitor and report on the deteriorating human rights situation in Iran was welcomed by Amnesty International today. The Council voted in Geneva on Thursday, by 22 to seven for a resolution co-sponsored by 49 states that decided "to appoint a Special Reporter on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran."The vote comes amid concern at…
April 14, 2011
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Egypt: Scrap Proposed Law to Criminalize Strikes and Protests
Amnesty International Press ReleaseFor Immediate ReleaseThursday, March 31, 201Scrap Proposed Law to Criminalize Strikes and Protests, Amnesty International Tells Egypt Law Would be an “Alarming” Step Backwards and an Insult to ReformersContact: Suzanne Trimel, 212-633-4150, [email protected] (New York) -- The Egyptian authorities should scrap a draft law aimed at criminalizing strikes and protests, Amnesty International said today, ahead of demonstrations against the law set for Friday. The organization said the proposed law is an “alarming” step backwards for Egypt.“Any move to curb freedom of assembly and the right to strike in Egypt would be an alarming step backwards and an…
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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Syria: President al-Assad’s Decision to Lay Blame for Unrest on Foreign “Conspiracy” is “Dangrous Diversion”
Amnesty InternationalPress Release For Immediate ReleaseWednesday, March 30, 2011President al-Assad's Decision to Lay Blame for Unrest on Foreign “Conspiracy” is “Dangerous Diversion,” Says Amnesty InternationalOrganization Says Syrian President Should Address Real Problem of Security Force Violence Against ProtestersContact: Suzanne Trimel, 212-633-4150, [email protected](London) – Amnesty International said today Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s failure to lift the country’s repressive state of emergency is a crucial missed opportunity.“By pinning the blame for ongoing unrest on a foreign ‘conspiracy,’ President al-Assad is snubbing the many Syrians who are bravely calling for reform,” said Philip Luther, Amnesty International’s deputy director for the Middle East and…
April 14, 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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Libya: Ghaddafi’s Forces Are Carrying Out Campaign of Disappearances Inside Libya to Crush Growing Opposition, Says Amnesty International in New Report
The report by an Amnesty International team inside Libya details more than30 cases of individuals who have disappeared since...
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
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Ivory Coast: UN Peacekeepers Must Protect Thousands of Civilians Caught in Fighting in Ivory Coast, Says Amnesty International
Amnesty International today called on U.N.peacekeepers in Ivory Coast to urgently protect as many as 10,000 displaced people...
April 14, 2011
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Italy: Amnesty International Says Italy Violated Torture Ban During Deportation of Tunisian Man
Amnesty International Media ReleaseFor Immediate ReleaseTuesday, April 5, 2011Amnesty International Says Italy Violated Torture Ban During Deportation Of Tunisian ManContact: AIUSA media relations office, 202-509-8194 (Washington, D.C.) -- Italy’s human rights record has been dealt another blow, Amnesty International said today, after the European Court of Human Rights ruled it had violated the ban on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment during the deportation of a man to Tunisia in 2009.In a unanimous decision, the court ruled that Ali Ben Sassi Toumi, a Tunisian national who had been convicted of terrorism-related offences, was forcibly returned from Italy to…
April 14, 2011