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New Report And Website Track Syria's Surge of Deaths In Custody
Amnesty's latest report and interactive mapping site EyesOnSyria.org documents dozens of deaths in detention - including children - in Syria during five months of bloody repression.
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Victory: Release of Iranian HIV/AIDS Specialist!
On August 28th, internationally recognized HIV/AIDS doctor was released from prison in Iran. Amnesty activists worked tirelessly campaigning for his release.
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Syria’s surge of deaths in detention revealed
Relentless repression has marked Syria since March 2011, as the government continues its efforts to stifle increasing numbers of pro-reform protests. Scores of people – believed to have been detained…
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Sudan: Possible war crimes in Southern Kordofan
Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have collected evidence indicating that the Sudanese Armed Forces may have committed war crimes in Southern Kordofan, the organizations said today. In a rare…
Victory
Amnesty International’s Anti-Torture Protesters Hound Cheney on Book PR Tour
Amnesty was out in force combating former Vice President Dick Cheney's disinformation campaign, demonstrating at the Department of Justice in Washington, DC and the Today Show in New York City.
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Southern Kordofan Civilians Tell of Air Strike Horror in Sudan, Says Amnesty International
The Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) are indiscriminately bombing civilian areas in the Nuba Mountains region of Southern Kordofan and preventing aid from reaching desperate displaced people, Amnesty International and Human…
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Amnesty International Witnesses Abuse of Black Libyans in Tripoli; Fears for Safety of Detainees Held by Anti-Gaddafi Forces
Amnesty International said today it fears that people suspected of having fought for Colonel Mu'ammar al-Gaddafi, in particular black Libyans and sub-Saharan Africans, are increasingly at risk of abuse by…
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Amnesty International Urges Pakistan to End Enforced Disappearances
Authorities in Pakistan must urgently end the widespread practice of enforced disappearance and ensure anyone detained has full access to lawyers and the courts, Amnesty International said in a new…
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Finding the Disappeared
On August 30 take action for those 'disappeared' by oppressive governments.
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Katrina, Six Years On: Criminal Justice and the NOPD
Six years after the levees broke during Katrina, there is finally an opening for deep, lasting change for New Orleans' criminal justice system and the NOPD.
Victory
(UA 163/11) Great News! Argentinean Court Rules in Favor of Indigenous Families
An Argentinean court has ordered that any attempts to evict the Quilmes Indigenous community of Colalao del Valle must be suspended.
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(UA 97/10) Great News! Thirteen Year-Old American Boy to be Tried in Juvenile Court
On 23 August, a Pennsylvania trial court ordered the immediate transfer of Jordan Brown's case to a juvenile court for trial.