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Freed Iranian Human Rights Activist Tells Amnesty International of Continuing Hunger Strike Over Prisoners’ Deaths
Contact: Suzanne Trimel, 212-633-4150, [email protected] Freed Iranian Human Rights Activist Tells Amnesty International of Continuing Hunger Strike Over Prisoners’ Deaths (New York) -- Emadeddin Baghi, one of Iran’s most outspoken…
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Women activists prepare to defy Saudi Arabian driving ban
Saudi Arabian authorities must stop treating women as second-class citizens and open the Kingdom’s roads to women drivers, Amnesty International said today, as a group of Saudi Arabian women prepared…
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As Saudi Women Prepare to Challenge Defy Driving Ban, Amnesty International Says Lifting the Prohibition is Long Overdue Calls Ban “Immense Barrier” to Work and Family Life and Treats Women as Second Class Citizens
Contact: Suzanne Trimel, 212-633-4150, [email protected] (New York) – Amnesty International said today Saudi Arabian must stop treating women as second-class citizens and open the Kingdom’s roads to women drivers, as…
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In Times Like These, Poetry Is a Road to a Bahraini Jail
In its efforts to silence critics, a Bahraini military court has sentenced a young poet to jail for one year.
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Amnesty International Makes Worldwide Appeal to Health Professionals on Behalf of Bahraini Doctors, Nurses and Paramedics Reportedly Tortured Before Standing Trial for Treating Wounded Protester
Organization Plans Twitter Campaign Wednesday Demanding State Department Send High-Level Observer to Bahraini Opposition Leaders' Trial Contact: Suzanne Trimel, 212-633-4150, [email protected] (New York) – Amnesty International on Tuesday urged health…
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An Azadi Square Campaign Success and a Chastening Reminder Why We Do This
Amnesty International activists led an "Azadi Square" demonstration and delivered a petition with 21,000 signatures on behalf of Iranian film director Jafar Panahi.
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Iran: End the banning and harassment of independent trade unions
Independent trade unionists in Iran are imprisoned for speaking out about labour rights while independent workers’ bodies face ongoing repression Amnesty International said today, as it called on the Tehran…
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Amnesty International Demands that Iran Lift Ban on Trade Unions and End Persecution of Labor Activists; Launches Campaign to Support Iranian Labo
New Report Shows Vicious Repression of Union Activists, Including Beatings and Imprisonment Contact: Suzanne Trimel, 212-633-4150, [email protected] (New York) – Amnesty International said in a new report today that…
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Saudi Arabia: Surge in executions in recent weeks
The Saudi Arabian authorities must halt the use of the death penalty, Amnesty International said today, following a significant increase in executions in the country in the last six weeks
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Syria Must Protect Children in Protests, Amid New Reports of Brutal Deaths, Says Amnesty International
Amnesty International called on Syrian authorities today to protect child protesters as new video evidence showed the bodies of young people who had been tortured and killed.
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Blood in the Street, Injustice in the Courts, Silence from the US
While Bahraini authorities are silencing activists and medical personnel in military courts, the US Government remains silent. This failure to act shows a double standard in US Middle East policies.
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Amnesty International Condemns Chinese Government for Refusing Accurate Account of Tiananmen Square Protest
Amnesty International Condemns Chinese Government for Refusing Accurate Account of Tiananmen Square Protest Human Rights Organization Decries Country for Continuing Repression More Than Two Decades Later Contact: AIUSA media relations,…