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Annual Report: Syria 2011
Head of state: Bashar al-Assad Head of government: Muhammad Naji al-'Otri Death penalty: retentionist Population: 22.5 million Life expectancy: 74.6 years Under-5 mortality (m/f): 74.6 years Adult literacy: 83.6 per…
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Annual Report: Iran 2011
Head of state: Ayatollah Sayed ‘Ali Khamenei (Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran) Head of government: Dr Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (President) Death penalty: retentionist Population: 75.1 million Life expectancy: 71.9…
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Annual Report: South Korea 2011
Head of state: Lee Myung-bak Head of government: Kim Hwang-Sik (replaced Yoon Jeung-hyun Death penalty: abolitionist in practice Population: 48.5 million Life expectancy: 79.8 years Under-5 mortality (m/f): 6/6 per…
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Freed Journalist's Letter of Thanks to Amnesty Activists
Eynulla Fatullayev, freed after Amnesty members campaigned for his release, expresses his thanks to those who took action to ensure his freedom.
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In Times Like These, Poetry Is a Road to a Bahraini Jail
In its efforts to silence critics, a Bahraini military court has sentenced a young poet to jail for one year.
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Amnesty International Condemns Chinese Government for Refusing Accurate Account of Tiananmen Square Protest
Amnesty International Condemns Chinese Government for Refusing Accurate Account of Tiananmen Square Protest Human Rights Organization Decries Country for Continuing Repression More Than Two Decades Later Contact: AIUSA media relations,…
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Amnesty International Condemns Chinese Government for Refusing Accurate Account of Tiananmen Square Protest
Amnesty International Condemns Chinese Government for Refusing Accurate Account of Tiananmen Square Protest Human Rights Organization Decries Country for Continuing Repression More Than Two Decades Later Contact: AIUSA media relations,…
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Amnesty International Urges Pakistan Government to Stop Unlawful Killings in Balochistan
Amnesty International Urges Pakistan Government to Stop Unlawful Killings in Balochistan Contact: AIUSA media relations, 202-509-8194 (Washington, D.C.) – Amnesty International strongly condemns the killing of Professor Saba Dashtiyari and…
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Amnesty International Urges Pakistan Government to Stop Unlawful Killings in Balochistan
Amnesty International Urges Pakistan Government to Stop Unlawful Killings in Balochistan Contact: AIUSA media relations, 202-509-8194 (Washington, D.C.) – Amnesty International strongly condemns the killing of Professor Saba Dashtiyari and…
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WORLD RENOWNED ARTIST CHAZ GUEST PORTRAYS GEORGIA DEATH-ROW INMATE TROY DAVIS IN NEW PAINTING, FILM
WORLD RENOWNED ARTIST CHAZ GUEST PORTRAYS GEORGIA DEATH-ROW INMATE TROY DAVIS IN NEW PAINTING, FILM ---- Wrongly Accused of a Crime at Age 18, Guest Says ‘The System Didn’t Work…
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WORLD RENOWNED ARTIST CHAZ GUEST PORTRAYS GEORGIA DEATH-ROW INMATE TROY DAVIS IN NEW PAINTING, FILM
WORLD RENOWNED ARTIST CHAZ GUEST PORTRAYS GEORGIA DEATH-ROW INMATE TROY DAVIS IN NEW PAINTING, FILM ---- Wrongly Accused of a Crime at Age 18, Guest Says ‘The System Didn’t Work…
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Amnesty International Urges China to Exercise Restraint Over Inner Mongolia Protests
Chinese authorities must avoid a violent crackdown on demonstrations in the country’s Inner Mongolia region, as martial law was declared in some areas to quell a fifth day of protests,…