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Amnesty International Calls on Libya to Stop Heavy-Handed Repression of Peaceful Demonstrations As Violence Erupts in Benghazi

Amnesty International Press ReleaseFor Immediate ReleaseWednesday, February 16, 2011Amnesty International Calls on Libya to Stop Heavy-Handed Repression of Peaceful Demonstrations…

March 27, 2011

Press Release

Libya: Amnesty International Says Libyan Writer is Jailed for Calling for Protests for Greater Freedoms in Libya

A Libyan writer and political commentator arrested last week and accused of hitting a man with his car appears to…

March 27, 2011

Press Release

Libya: Human Rights Suffer as Libya Stalls on Reform

Human rights are suffering in Libya as it continues to stall on reform, Amnesty International has warned in a new…

March 27, 2011