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Osama Bin Laden killed in Pakistan

Osama Bin Laden, the leader of al-Qaida, has been killed by US forces during an operation in Pakistan, US President…

May 6, 2011

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Amnesty International Says Assault on CBS News Correspondent in Egypt Spotlights Need for United States to Continue Programs to Fight Violence Against Women Abroad

Amnesty International Press Release For Immediate Release Saturday, April 30, 2011 Amnesty International Says Assault on CBS News Correspondent in…

May 6, 2011

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Amnesty International Releases Images Revealing True Size of Political Prison Camps in North Korea

Amnesty International Media ReleaseFor Immediate ReleaseTuesday, May 3, 2011Amnesty International Releases Images Revealing True Size of Political Prison Camps in…

May 6, 2011

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Questions around operation against Osama bin Laden

Amnesty International asks the US and Pakistani authorities to clarify aspects of the operation in which Osama bin Laden ...

May 6, 2011

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Medical Professionals Are Again Targeted with Arrest of President of Bahrain Medical Society and Charges Against 47 Others For Treating Injured Protesters

Amnesty International Press ReleaseFor Immediate ReleaseWednesday, May 4, 2011Contact: Suzanne Trimel, 212-633-4150, [email protected] Bahraini Parliament Renews Repressive ‘State of Emergency,’…

May 6, 2011

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Kyrgyzstan Must Deliver Justice to Victims of Crimes Against Humanity, Says Amnesty International

Amnesty International Media ReleaseFor Immediate ReleaseWednesday, May 4, 2011Kyrgyzstan Must Deliver Justice to Victims of Crimes Against Humanity, Says Amnesty…

May 6, 2011

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Amnesty International Calls for End to Reprisal Attacks Against Gbagbo Supporters in Ivory Coast

Amnesty International Press Release For Immediate Release Tuesday, April 12 2011 Amnesty International Calls for End to Reprisal Attacks Against…

May 6, 2011

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Sri Lanka: United Nations Report on Sri Lanka Conflict Must be Made Public, Says Amnesty International

Amnesty International Media Release For Immediate Release Tuesday, April 12, 2011United Nations Report on Sri Lanka Conflict Must be Made…

May 6, 2011

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Iraq: Amnesty International Urges Iraqi Authorites to End Attacks on Protesters and Threats Against Government Critics

Amnesty InternationalPress Release Release Monday, April 11, 2001Amnesty International Urges Iraqi Authorites to End Attacks on Protesters and Threats Against…

May 6, 2011

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Libya: Amnesty International Finds Evidence of Extrajudicial Executions Apparently by Colonel Gaddafi's Forces Near Ajdabiya

Amnesty International Press ReleaseFor Immediate ReleaseMonday, April 11, 2011Amnesty International Finds Evidence of Extrajudicial Executions Apparently by Colonel Gaddafi’s Forces…

May 6, 2011

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Swaziland: Amnesty International Condemns Government's "Alarming" Violence Against Peaceful Protests in Swaziland

Amnesty International Press Release For Immediate Release Wednesday, April 13, 2011 Amnesty International Condemns Government’s “Alarming” Violence Against Peaceful Protests…

May 6, 2011

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Ivory Coast: Amnesty International Reports "Ghost Villages"

Tens of Thousands of Displaced and Fearful Civilians, Their Homes Burned and Looted, Hide in Bush

May 6, 2011