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June 22, 2011
The Venezuelan government must not commit human rights abuses in quelling violent prison riots, Amnesty International said today, after 19 prisoners died in clashes between armed inmates and Nationa...
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June 22, 2011
An Amnesty International delegation has discovered that 50 people, including the former prime minister and minister of foreign affairs, are being detained without charge by Côte d'Ivoire authoriti...
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June 22, 2011
Amnesty International today condemned as "harsh, politically motivated and patently unfair" the prison sentences imposed by a Bahrain military court on 21 prominent Shia activists who advocated pol...
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June 22, 2011
In reaction to reports that Ai Weiwei has been released on bail "because of his good attitude in confessing his crimes as well as a chronic disease he suffers from", Catherine Baber, Amnesty Internati...
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