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Blinding Man With Acid as “Retribution Punishment” Amounts to Torture, Says Amnesty International, Urging Iranian Authorities Not to Carry Out Cruel Sentence
Female Victim was Blinded by Acid After Rejecting Marriage Proposal (New York) -- Amnesty International today called on the Iranian authorities not to carry out a sentence ordering a man…
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Brazil's Supreme Court Legalizes Same-Sex Civil Unions
Brazil took a major step forward for human rights with a Supreme Court ruling on May 5 that gives same-sex couples the same rights as married heterosexuals.
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Internet Freedom in Turkey: System Error
Turkish government regulators plan to institute mandatory systems that will automatically filter web content starting August 22.
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Libya: Human Rights Suffer as Libya Stalls on Reform
Human rights are suffering in Libya as it continues to stall on reform, Amnesty International has warned in a new report,...
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Libya: Human Rights Suffer as Libya Stalls on Reform
Human rights are suffering in Libya as it continues to stall on reform, Amnesty International has warned in a new report,...
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Afghan women human rights defenders tell of intimidation and attacks
Women human rights defenders in Afghanistan have told Amnesty International they face intimidation and attacks as they...
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Afghan women human rights defenders tell of intimidation and attacks
Women human rights defenders in Afghanistan have told Amnesty International they face intimidation and attacks as they...
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Tunisia: Human rights agenda for change
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL Index: MDE 30/008/2011 24 January 2011 Tunisia: Human rights agenda for change Following the month of unrest that shook Tunisia and led to Zine El Abidine Ben Ali…
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Tunisia: Human rights agenda for change
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL Index: MDE 30/008/2011 24 January 2011 Tunisia: Human rights agenda for change Following the month of unrest that shook Tunisia and led to Zine El Abidine Ben Ali…
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USA: Proposition 8 overturned in California
"The U.S. District Court has sent a clear message on Proposition 8: discrimination by any means is unacceptable. This...
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USA: Proposition 8 overturned in California
"The U.S. District Court has sent a clear message on Proposition 8: discrimination by any means is unacceptable. This...
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Guatemala: No protection, no justice: killings of women (an update)
Since 2001 over 2,200 women and girls have been murdered in Guatemala and the rate of murders is on the increase. Between 1 January 2006 and 5 May according to…