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Amnesty International Report on Rocket Attacks, Disappearances and Deteriorating Conditions in Libya’s Nafusa Mountain Area For Release May 27
Amnesty International releases an 18-page report on Friday, May 27 about disappearances and deteriorating conditions in the area in the far west of Libya, which has been under siege and…
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Amnesty International Urges China to Exercise Restraint Over Inner Mongolia Protests
Chinese authorities must avoid a violent crackdown on demonstrations in the country’s Inner Mongolia region, as martial law was declared in some areas to quell a fifth day of protests,…
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Guatemala urged to investigated trade unionist’s killing
Guatemalan authorities must immediately carry out a thorough and impartial investigation into the killing of a trade unionist in the north-eastern province of Izabal, Amnesty International said today.
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Indian executions would be blow to human rights
The Indian President's decision to approve the country's first executions since 2004 would be a blow to human rights, Amnesty International said today.
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China urged to exercise restraint over Inner Mongolia protests
Chinese authorities must avoid a violent crackdown on demonstrations in the country’s Inner Mongolia region, as martial law was declared in some areas to quell a fifth day of protests,…
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Amnesty International Describes Enforced Disappearances in Besieged Nafusa Mountain Region of Libya; Says People Taken Were Involved in Peaceful Protests
Scores of people have vanished from Libya's Nafusa Mountain area apparently at the hands of forces loyal to Colonel al-Gaddafi, Amnesty International said today in a new report that describes…
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Witnesses Tell Amnesty International of Executions, Rapes and Manhunts During Ivory Coast Political Violence; New Report Accuses Both Sides of Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Related to Atrocities
Contact: Suzanne Trimel, 212-633-4150, [email protected] Witnesses Tell Amnesty International of Executions, Rapes and Manhunts During Ivory Coast Political Violence; New Report Accuses Both Sides of Crimes Against Humanity and War…
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Amnesty International Commends Pardon of Jailed Azerbaijani Journalist
Amnesty International Commends Pardon of Jailed Azerbaijani Journalist Contact: AIUSA media relations, 202-509-8194 (Washington, D.C.) – The release today of prominent newspaper editor Eynulla Fatullayev is a step in the…
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Ratko Mladić arrest ‘a major step towards justice’
The arrest of alleged war criminal Ratko Mladić is a major step towards justice
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Georgia must investigate ‘excessive use of force’ against protesters
Georgian authorities must investigate allegations of excessive use of force by police against anti-government protests in which two people died