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Female Victim was Blinded by Acid After Rejecting Marriage Proposal
Contact: Suzanne Trimel, 212-633-4150, [email protected] Blinding Man With Acid as “Retribution Punishment” Amounts to Torture, Says Amnesty International, Urging Iranian Authorities Not to Carry Out Cruel Sentence (New York) --…
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Iraq: Amnesty International condemns attacks on Christian minority
Amnesty International is greatly concerned by the recent spate of attacks on Christian churches in Baghdad,which killed four civilians and injured more than 30 others.
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Compelled To Paint Troy Davis
Here is a beautiful short film (less than two minutes) by documentary film maker David Serota about Chaz Guest, an accomplished artist, painting Troy Davis.
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McCain Puts Torture Debate To Rest, But Flunks Accountability
In an op-ed published in the Washington Post John McCain effectively put the efficacy of torture debate to bed but he failed to address accountability for past abuses.
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Relief Tempered By Sadness: The World Is Still A Dangerous Place To Be LGBT
The Ugandan parliament may not have outlawed homosexuality yet, but LGBT people around the world are still being killed or discriminated against for who they are.
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Amnesty International Expresses Relief After Uganda Parliament Fails to Debate and Vote on Anti-Homosexuality Legislation
Amnesty International Expresses Relief After Uganda Parliament Fails to Debate and Vote on Anti-Homosexuality Legislation
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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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Amnesty International Expresses Relief After Uganda Parliament Fails to Debate and Vote on Anti-Homosexuality Legislation
Amnesty International Expresses Relief After Uganda Parliament Fails to Debate and Vote on Anti-Homosexuality Legislation
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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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Salvadorian Journalists And Anti-Mining Activists Under Attack
Activists and journalists speaking out against the activities of a Canadian mining company in El Salvador continue to receive death threats. The government of El Salvador must protect them.
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Human Rights: No Excuses, No Exceptions
50 years after the Amnesty candle began to shine a light on repression, the human rights revolution now stands on the threshold of historic change.
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Evidence of Bahraini security forces’ brutality revealed
Mass peaceful protests demanding political reform have shaken the Gulf state of Bahrain since mid-February. In response, the security forces initially sought to suppress the protests with brutality, killing seven…