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Press Release
Egypt: Scrap Proposed Law to Criminalize Strikes and Protests
Amnesty International Press ReleaseFor Immediate ReleaseThursday, March 31, 201Scrap Proposed Law to Criminalize Strikes and Protests, Amnesty International Tells Egypt…
April 14, 2011
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Press Release
Syria: Death Toll Climbs as Protests Spread, Says Amnesty International
At least 55 people are believed to have been killed during a week of unrest in and around the Syrian…
April 14, 2011
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Press Release
Syria: President al-Assad’s Decision to Lay Blame for Unrest on Foreign “Conspiracy” is “Dangrous Diversion”
Amnesty InternationalPress Release For Immediate ReleaseWednesday, March 30, 2011President al-Assad's Decision to Lay Blame for Unrest on Foreign “Conspiracy” is…
April 14, 2011
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Lebanon urged to investigate civil war missing
Thousands of people who disappeared during the bitter civil war that wracked Lebanon from 1975-90 and its aftermath are still…
April 13, 2011
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Iraqi authorities must halt attacks on protesters
Thousands of Iraqis have taken to the streets since early February 2011 to protest against the chronic lack of basic…
April 11, 2011
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Press Release
Ivory Coast: Amnesty International Calls for Urgent Protection and Assistance to Population of Ivory Coast, as Civilians Flee Heavy Fighting
As tens of thousands of civilians flee heavy gunfire amid intensified fighting across the Ivory Coast, Amnesty International...
March 27, 2011
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Press Release
Egypt: Amnesty International Says At Critical Moment of Change in Egypt,
Amnesty International today called on Egypt's authorities to end 30 years of repressive emergency rule and allow ordinary...
March 27, 2011
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Press Release
US must begin criminal investigation of torture following Bush admission
US must begin criminal investigation of torture following Bush admission In his memoirs, former President Bush admits to having authorized…
March 27, 2011
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United Kingdom: Torture inquiry must be independent and thorough
Amnesty International calls on the United Kingdom government to ensure that its inquiry into U.K. complicity in torture and...
March 27, 2011
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GAZA: Amnesty International Calls Executions by Hamas in Gaza ‘Deplorable’
Amnesty International today condemned the executions by the Hamas de facto authority of two Palestinian men in Gaza in the...
March 27, 2011
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USA: Rights groups urge Congress not to block disclosure of details about CIA rendition, secret detention, and torture
Congress should not prevent disclosure of its knowledge and oversight of the CIA's use of rendition, secret detention, and...
March 27, 2011
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Press Release
Iraq: Man Jailed for Five Years on Spurious Terror Charges, Says Amnesty International
Amnesty International has called on the authorities in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) to release an Iraqi man who…
March 27, 2011