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Amnesty International Urges China to Exercise Restraint Over Inner Mongolia Protests

Chinese authorities must avoid a violent crackdown on demonstrations in the country’s Inner Mongolia region, as martial law was declared…

May 27, 2011

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China urged to exercise restraint over Inner Mongolia protests

Chinese authorities must avoid a violent crackdown on demonstrations in the country’s Inner Mongolia region, as martial law was declared…

May 27, 2011

Press Release

Amnesty International Urges China to Exercise Restraint Over Inner Mongolia Protests

Chinese authorities must avoid a violent crackdown on demonstrations in the country’s Inner Mongolia region, as martial law was declared…

May 27, 2011

Press Release

China urged to exercise restraint over Inner Mongolia protests

Chinese authorities must avoid a violent crackdown on demonstrations in the country’s Inner Mongolia region, as martial law was declared…

May 27, 2011

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U.S.: Five Countries Defy Sea Change In Global Execution Practices, According to New Amnesty International Report

A total of 31 countries abolished the death penalty in law or in practice during the last 10 years, but…

April 14, 2011

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China: Amnesty International Denounces 10 Year Sentence of Chinese Veteran Dissident

Amnesty International Media ReleaseFor Immediate ReleaseFriday, March 25, 2011Amnesty International Denounces 10-Year Sentence of Chinese Veteran DissidentContact: AIUSA media relations…

April 14, 2011

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China: Detains Ai Weiwei as Warning Against Dissent, Says Amnesty International

The detention of China?s most famous artist and political critic, Ai Weiwei, is a troubling development in a widening...

April 14, 2011

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China Detains Ai Weiwei as Warning Against Dissent, Says Amnesty International

China Detains Ai Weiwei as Warning Against Dissent, Says Amnesty InternationalContact: AIUSA media relations office, 202-509-8194(Washington, D.C.) -- The detention…

April 14, 2011

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China: Prominent Blogger Missing in China, Says Amnesty International

Chinese-born former diplomat Yang Hengjun, an Australian national, informed his blog administrator in a phone call on Sunday...

April 14, 2011

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U.S.: Five Countries Defy Sea Change In Global Execution Practices, According to New Amnesty International Report

A total of 31 countries abolished the death penalty in law or in practice during the last 10 years, but…

April 14, 2011

Press Release

China: Amnesty International Denounces 10 Year Sentence of Chinese Veteran Dissident

Amnesty International Media ReleaseFor Immediate ReleaseFriday, March 25, 2011Amnesty International Denounces 10-Year Sentence of Chinese Veteran DissidentContact: AIUSA media relations…

April 14, 2011

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China: Detains Ai Weiwei as Warning Against Dissent, Says Amnesty International

The detention of China?s most famous artist and political critic, Ai Weiwei, is a troubling development in a widening...

April 14, 2011