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Chinese government critics missing as crackdown on dissent widens
Authorities in China must clarify the current status and reveal the whereabouts of a lawyer and a journalist who have gone missing in the past week, Amnesty International said today…
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Azerbaijan activist convicted on ‘trumped up’ drugs charge
Authorities in Azerbaijan must immediately release a member of an opposition youth organization sentenced to two and a half years in prison on fabricated drug charges
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Amnesty International Unveils Global Report on Human Rights
Amnesty International Unveils Global Report on Human Rights and Urges Lawmakers to Invest in Development, Support Cyber-activists/internet Freedom
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Amnesty International Urges United States Government to Monitor Trial of Opposition Leaders in Bahrain
Amnesty International today urged the U.S. government to send its ambassador in Bahrain to monitor the trial of 14 prominent opposition activists that is set to begin Thursday. The human…
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Amnesty International Urges Halt to Violence Against Peaceful Protesters in Yemen, as Two More Demonstrators Are Killed by Security Forces
(New York) -- Amnesty International repeated its call today for Yemeni authorities to stop using unnecessary deadly force against anti-government protesters, after security forces opened fire on demonstrations in the…
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Amnesty International Urges United States Government to Monitor Trial of Opposition Leaders in Bahrain
Amnesty International today urged the U.S. government to send its ambassador in Bahrain to monitor the trial of 14 prominent opposition activists that is set to begin Thursday. The human…
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Amnesty International Urges Halt to Violence Against Peaceful Protesters in Yemen, as Two More Demonstrators Are Killed by Security Forces
(New York) -- Amnesty International repeated its call today for Yemeni authorities to stop using unnecessary deadly force against anti-government protesters, after security forces opened fire on demonstrations in the…
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Bahrain renews emergency law as repression persists
The Bahraini government must end its relentless crackdown on human rights, Amnesty International said today after the country's parliament voted to extend a repressive state of emergency amid continued arrests…
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Kyrgyzstan must deliver justice to victims of crimes against humanity
Kyrgyzstan’s authorities must urgently investigate and prosecute those responsible for human rights violations during unrest in June 2010, Amnesty International said today after an international commission of inquiry found that…
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North Korea: Images reveal scale of political prison camps
Amnesty International has published satellite imagery and new testimony that shed light on the horrific conditions in North Korea’s network of political prison camps, which hold an estimated 200,000 people.