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Proposed Saudi Arabia “Anti-Terror” Law Would Crush Peaceful Dissent and Protest, Says Amnesty International
Amnesty International has obtained copies of a secret draft Saudi Arabian anti-terrorism law that would allow the authorities to prosecute peaceful dissent with harsh penalties as "terrorist crime."
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Amnesty International Urges the House to Not Slash U.S. Foreign Affairs Budget
Contact: AIUSA media relations, 202-509-8194 (Washington, DC) -- Adotei Akwei, managing director for government relations for Amnesty International USA, issued the following statement in response to reports that the United…
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Amnesty International Condemns Decision to Carry Out Stroman Execution, Saying the State ‘Has Taken the Low Road’
Contact: Wende Gozan Brown at 212-633-4247,[email protected]. (Washington, DC) - Following the execution of Mark Stroman, Brian Evans of Amnesty International USA's Death Penalty Abolition Campaign released the following statement: "This…
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Amnesty International Report Describes “Unimaginable Daily Horrors” for Children in Somalia
Executions, Indiscriminate Attacks and Denial of Food, Water and Medical Care are Outlined in New Report Contact: Suzanne Trimel, 212-633-4150, [email protected] (New York) -- The scale of war…
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Amnesty International Responds to News Reports that the CIA is Involved in Secret Detention Site in Somalia
Amnesty International USA issued the following statement in response to news reports that the CIA has been involved in operating a secret prison in Somalia for terrorism suspects.
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Amnesty International Calls Israel Anti-Boycott Law an Attack on Freedom of Expression
A law passed by the Israeli Knesset (Parliament) making it an offense to call for a boycott against the state of Israel or its West Bank settlements is a “blatant”…
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Malaysia: Police use brutal tactics against peaceful protesters
The UK government must press Malaysia’s Prime Minister on freedom of assembly in his visit this week, Amnesty International said today, after peaceful protesters in Kuala Lumpur were met with…
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Amnesty International Says Pakistan Orders to ‘Shoot on Sight’ Declare Karachi a War Zone
Sam Zarifi, Asia-Pacific director for Amnesty International issued the following statement in response to news that Pakistan authorities ordered 1,000 extra troops into Karachi with instructions to "shoot on sight"…
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Amnesty International Urges United Nations to Act to Control Arms to Sudan’s Southern Kordofan
United Nations member states must act to control arms shipments to volatile regions like Sudan's Southern Kordofan, Amnesty International said today, ahead of next week's talks on a global Arms…
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Amnesty International Urges India to Implement Court Ban of Anti-Maoist Militias
Authorities in India's Chhattisgarh state must immediately comply with a decision by the country's Supreme Court to disband and disarm anti-Maoist state-sponsored civil militias, Amnesty International said today.