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Viet Nam urged to release jailed blogger

The Vietnamese authorities must immediately release a French-Vietnamese blogger who has been sentenced to three years in prison on national…

August 10, 2011

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Secure Communities Expansion a Draconian Step; Will Undermine Crime Prevention and Further Marginalize Groups Who Are Already at Risk, Says Amnesty International

Contact: AIUSA media relations, 202-509-8194 (Washington, D.C.) - In response to the announcement today that the Department of Homeland Security…

August 8, 2011

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Secure Communities Expansion a Draconian Step

The Secure Communities expansion announced by the Department of Homeland Security will undermine crime prevention and further marginalize groups that…

August 5, 2011

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Amnesty International Urges Georgia to End Forced Evictions of Internally Displaced

The Georgian government must put a stop to forced evictions of internally displaced people and provide them with adequate housing,…

August 5, 2011

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Amnesty International Urges Authorities in Dominican Republic to Ensure Protection of Journalists

Contact: AIUSA media relations, 202-509-8194 (Washington, D.C.) - Authorities in the Dominican Republic must ensure journalists are given adequate protection…

August 4, 2011

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Amnesty International, Responding to United Nations Report on Disastrous Oil Pollution in Nigeria, Demands Accountability from Shell Oil Company

Amnesty International urges institutional investors to urge Shell to "clean up its act" in the Niger Delta.

August 4, 2011

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Guatemalan Former Soldiers Sentenced to 6,060 Years for Massacre, Says Amnesty International

Contact: AIUSA media relations, 202-509-8194 (Washington, D.C.) - A judge in Guatemala City yesterday sentenced four former soldiers from an…

August 4, 2011

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Bahraini Women Jailed and Tortured for Pro-Reform Protests Go On Hunger Strike, Amnesty International Says

Contact: Suzanne Trimel, 212-633-4150, [email protected] (New York) -- Two Bahraini women activists imprisoned and tortured for their involvement in pro-reform…

August 4, 2011

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Amnesty International Urges UN Security Council to Act Urgently on Syria Bloodshed

Contact: Suzanne Trimel, 212-633-4150, [email protected] (New York) – Following the deadliest assault to date on Syrian protesters Sunday and more…

August 1, 2011

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Amnesty International Again Demands that Iran Release Americans Jailed for Two Years Case of Two American Hikers Due to be Heard Again on Sunday

Amnesty International today repeated its demand that Iran release two Americans held for the past two years apparently for political…

July 29, 2011

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Amnesty International Welcomes Release of Malaysian Activists Detained Under Emergency Law

Amnesty International welcomed the release of six political activists, but called on the Malaysian authorities to free thousands of other…

July 29, 2011

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Amnesty International Welcomes Release of Human Rights Defender Aleksei Sokolov

Contact: AIUSA media relations office, 202-509-8194 (Washington, D.C.) -- Today, a court in Krasnoyarsk decided to release Aleksei Sokolov on…

July 28, 2011