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USA and Spain: Charges Against Spanish Investigative Judge Must Be Dropped

Amnesty International today strongly condemned the outrageous charges brought against a leading investigative judge who is...

March 27, 2011

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Saudi Arabia: Amnesty International Urges Saudi Arabie to Allow Peaceful Protests, After Government Bans Right to Demonstrations

Amnesty International Press ReleaseFor Immediate ReleaseMonday, March 7, 2011Amnesty International Urges Saudi Arabia to Allow Peaceful Protests, After Government Bans…

March 27, 2011

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Egpyt: Protestors Released From Detention Describe Torture Days Before Mubarak Departed

According to testimonies from newly released detainees, in the final days before Egyptian President Mubarak stepped down,...

March 27, 2011

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Sudan: New Satellite Images Reveal Continuing Human Rights Atrocities in Darfur

Amnesty International Press ReleaseFor Immediate ReleaseWednesday, February 2, 2011New Satellite Images Reveal Continuing Human Rights Atrocities in Darfur, Amnesty International…

March 27, 2011

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Amnesty International Criticizes Extension of Cuba Sanctions; Calls on Congress to End a ‘Misguided Embargo’

Amnesty International Press StatementFor Immediate Release:Wednesday, September 08, 2010Amnesty International Criticizes Extension of Cuba Sanctions; Calls on Congress to End…

March 27, 2011

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Iran: Iran May Still Execute Woman Convicted of Adultery By Another Method

The Iranian Embassy in London announced on Thursday that Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani would not be stoned to death. However,...

March 27, 2011

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Kyrgyzstan: Amnesty International Urges Kyrgyzstan’s Neighbors to Open Borders

Amnesty International is calling on all countries neighboring Kyrgyzstan to open their borders to thousands of people...

March 27, 2011

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Egypt: Amnesty International Urges Egypt to Release Blogger Prosecuted by Military Court

Amnesty International today called for the Egyptian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release a blogger and...

March 27, 2011

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Afghanistan: Amnesty International Contacts Taliban Spokesperson, Urges Release of Hostages

Amnesty International has made direct contact with the Taliban to demand the immediate and unconditional release of all...

March 27, 2011

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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

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Libya: Amnesty International Calls on U.N. Security Council and Arab League To Act Decisively on Libyan Crimes

The U.N. Security Council must investigate the crisis in Libya that has left hundreds of protestors dead and must make…

March 27, 2011

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Libya: Amnesty International Says Libyan Writer is Jailed for Calling for Protests for Greater Freedoms in Libya

A Libyan writer and political commentator arrested last week and accused of hitting a man with his car appears to…

March 27, 2011