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Amnesty International Calls On Ukraine to Stop Police Criminality or Risk Euro 2012 Fan Abuse
Amnesty International today called for urgent reforms within the Ukrainian police ahead of the Euro 2012 soccer competition, in the wake of the robbery and severe beating of two men…
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Journalists Under Fire: 10 Reasons to Defend Free Speech
17 journalists have already been killed in 2012 for speaking truth to power. Stand up for those who speak out no matter the cost this World Press Freedom Day.
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Ex-CIA Chief Defends Hiding Torture Evidence, But We Need to Know the Truth
Former CIA spy Jose Rodriguez defends his actions in new book. But the American people have a right to know how torture became U.S. policy and whether it produced useful…
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Kurdish Kids and Turkey’s Shameful Prisons
Kurdish children imprisoned under Turkey's anti-terrorism laws suffer shameful abuses.
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Amnesty International Condemns Mass Forced Evictions in Belgrade, Leaving Hundreds of Families in Peril
Amnesty International today condemns the decision by Belgrade authorities to proceed with a mass forced eviction in the capital Belvil on Thursday, saying authorities have failed to consult with Roma…
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Amnesty International Tells Shell Oil: If You’re Concerned About the Consequences of the Niger Delta Spill, Then Clean It Up and Compensate the Victims
Amnesty International said today if Shell oil is as concerned about the devastating consequences of a 2008 oil spill in the Niger Delta as it claims, it should do the…
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Powerful Documentaries About the Persecution of Iran’s Baha’is Motivate Thousands to Activism
New film highlights one of the many injustices facing Iran's Baha'i community - their systematic exclusion from the right to pursue higher education.
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Shell's Weak Response to Activists' Demands
Shell responded to a week of comments from Amnesty activists on their Facebook and Twitter. Unfortunately, their claims don't stand up to scrutiny.
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Two Uighurs Released from Guantanamo
Amnesty International welcomed the transfer of two detainees out of Guantanamo. Amnesty International has long called for them, and all other Guantanamo detainees, to either be charged and fairly tried…
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Connecticut Death Penalty Abolished! (California Next?)
Governor Malloy has signed the bill making Connecticut the 5th state in five years to repeal the death penalty. Will California be next?
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How an Arms Trade Treaty can help prevent armed violence
Current United Nations discussions on the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) provide an opportunity to examine armed violence in the context of decisions concerning international transfers of conventional arms used in…
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Arms for Internal Security: Will they be covered by an Arms Trade Treaty?
There is now a chance in the UN to establish a global Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) setting out commonly-agreed rules for strict national regulation and international monitoring of the trade…