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Belarus

Amnesty International works to stop Belarus human rights violations. Belarus human rights abuses can end with your support.

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Georgia

Amnesty International works to stop Georgia human rights violations. Georgia human rights abuses can end with your support.

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Russian Federation

Amnesty International works to stop Russian Federation human rights violations. Russian Federation human rights abuses can end with your support.

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The Republic of Yemen

Parliamentary elections scheduled for 2009 were postponed for two years in the face of mounting unrest, protests in the south against alleged discrimination and advocating independence, and an upsurge in…

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Nigeria

Police continued to commit with impunity a wide range of human rights violations, including unlawful killings, torture and other ill-treatment, and enforced disappearances.

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ESWATINI

Nearly 70 per cent of Swaziland's population lived in poverty and a quarter of the population required food aid. Women and girls continued to be disproportionately affected by violence, poverty…

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Fears Grow for Iran Stoning Case Lawyer and Son

As reports surfaced this week of the imminent execution of Iran’s Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, we are also grew increasingly concerned with the fate of her lawyer and son.  We fear…

November 3, 2010

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Arizona Ignores Trial Judge, Kills Prisoner

"The death penalty in this case is not appropriate and never has been." That’s what former judge Cheryl Hendrix told Arizona’s Board of Executive Clemency in support of Jeffrey Landrigan’s effort…

October 27, 2010

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The power of World Press Freedom Day

Today, World Press Freedom Day provides an opportunity for people around the world to celebrate the fundamental human right to freedom of expression.  Every day, journalists around the world face…

May 3, 2010

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Don't Quota Me

On February 22, James Chaparro's sixth day on the job as the head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) behemoth detention and removal operation, he issued a memo directing all…

March 30, 2010

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Hey India, Help Free Aung San Suu Kyi

India should use it's democratic cred and influence as a rising global power to help Aung San Suu Kyi and other Prisoners of Conscience (POC) in Myanmar. In 1993, the…

January 24, 2010