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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

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Liu Xiaobo’s Nobel Peace Prize Win Puts Spotlight on China Rights Violations

Amnesty International Press ReleaseFor Immediate ReleaseFriday, October 8, 2010Liu Xiaobo's Nobel Peace Prize Win Puts Spotlight on China Rights Violations,…

March 27, 2011

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Greece: Must stop treating migrants as criminals

The Greek authorities should immediately review their policy of locking up irregular migrants and asylum-seekers, including...

March 27, 2011

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Cuba: Government continues to stifle dissent, despite assertions that freedom of expression is respected

Cuba's government continues to stifle dissent through arbitrary arrests, surveillance, intimidation and harassment of...

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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Morocco: AI Welcomes Morocco’s Release of Sahrawi Human Rights Defender after Monthlong Hunger Strike

Organization Remains Concerned for Eight Individuals Held as Prisoners of Conscience by Morocco

March 27, 2011

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Uzbekistan: Government crackdown on human rights defenders

The ruthless campaign by the government of Uzbekistan to silence human rights activists and journalists shows no sign of abating.

March 26, 2011

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Mexico: New reports of human rights violations by the military

Amnesty International is receiving increasing allegations of serious human rights violations, such as enforced...

March 26, 2011

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Túnez. EL CICLO DE LA INJUSTICIA

More than ten years after the mass and grossly unfair military trials of 1992, hundreds of political activists or alleged...

March 26, 2011