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Annual Report: Bangladesh 2011
Head of state: Zillur Rahman Head of government: Sheikh Hasina Death penalty: retentionist Population: 164.4 million Life expectancy: 66.9 years Under-5 mortality (m/f): 58/56 per 1,000 Adult literacy: 55 per…
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Annual Report: Malaysia 2011
Head of state: King Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Head of government: Najib Tun Razak Death penalty: retentionist Population: 27.9 million Life expectancy: 74.7 years Under-5 mortality (m/f): 12/10 per 1,000…
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AUTHORITIES’ RESPONSE TO BELARUS PROTESTS ‘CLEARLY VIOLATES THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION,’ SAYS AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
Contact: Wende Gozan Brown at 212-633-4247, [email protected]. (London) -- Belarusian authorities must refrain from using excessive force against protesters Amnesty International said, after police used teargas and arrested more than…
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Amnesty International Says Indian Minister’s Homosexuality Remarks a Setback for Gay Rights
Contact: AIUSA media relations, 202-509-8194 (Washington, DC)— The Indian authorities must ensure that the rights of gay men are protected, Amnesty International said today, after India's health minister described homosexuality…
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SAUDI ARABIA DETAINS WOMEN PROTESTORS, AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL REPORTS
Contact: Wende Gozan Brown at 212-633-4247, [email protected]. (London) -- Two women remain in detention after being arrested in Riyadh on Sunday during a protest to demand fair trials for their…
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Amnesty International Praises Court for Holding Netherlands Responsible for Three Srebrenica Deaths
Contact: AIUSA media relations, 202-509-8194 (Washington, DC)— The Netherlands was responsible for the deaths of three Bosnian Muslims during the 1995 Srebrenica genocide in Bosnia and Herzegovina, a local appeals…
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What the Fourth of July Is All About
The Obama administration's new National Strategy for Counterterrorism, although a welcome step forward, needs to correspond with their actions.
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The Freedom Flotilla, Civil Disobedience and Government Collusion
If governments do nothing or even protect immoral and illegal policies perpetrated on a vulnerable population and civil society is not allowed to protest, then … what is left?
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Report reveals crimes against humanity in Syrian town
In recent months, relatively small demonstrations in Syria have developed into widespread mass protests. On 14 May, a devastating security operation began in Tell Kalakh, a town in the western…
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Maher Arar, Bradley Manning and the Sad State of the U.S. Justice System
What the US government did to Maher Arar is atrocious. But is our government’s treatment of Arar so different from what it routinely does to its own citizens, minus the…
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Amnesty International Urges Thailand’s Political Parties to Respect Human Rights Following Elections
Thai political parties must publicly commit to respect human rights, Amnesty International said today, on the eve of the country’s first national elections in more than three years.
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Bad News For Accountability For Detainee Abuse At Abu Ghraib
With recent Supreme Court ruling and closure of the US investigation of 101 cases of detainee abuse, chapter closes on accountability of private military contractors for abuses at Abu Ghraib.