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Secretary Clinton Must Reveal Final Recipient of Military Cargo

The U.S. Navy's Military Sealift Command insisted this afternoon that a cargo of weapons with explosives on the ship MV…

March 15, 2012

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Amnesty International Condemns Egypt's Systematic Failure to Rein in Security Forces

Egypt's security forces continue to kill protestors with the same brutal tactics used in Hosni Mubarak's last days in power,…

February 17, 2012

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Release of Egyptian Blogger Maikel Nabil is the End of a Cruel Ordeal, says Amnesty International

The release of an Egyptian blogger and prisoner of conscience whose trial was flagrantly unfair comes months too late, Amnesty…

January 24, 2012

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Amnesty International Calls on U.S. Government to Stop Arms Supplies to Egyptian Security Forces

Amnesty International called on the U.S. government today to immediately halt the transfer of U.S.-manufactured ammunition to Egypt amid the…

December 7, 2011

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Egypt's Military Rulers Must Rein in Security Forces to End Deadly Response to Protests, Says Amnesty International

Egypt's military must urgently end the brutal and deadly response to protests in Cairo's Tahrir Square and in Alexandria, Amnesty…

November 21, 2011

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Amnesty International Demands Release of Egyptian Blogger, After Military Court Rejects Appeal

Egypt's Supreme Council of the Armed Forces must immediately release a prominent blogger and activist detained in connection with the…

November 4, 2011

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As Prominent Blogger and Activist Detained in Egypt, Amnesty International Calls for Independent Investigation of Maspero Protests

The authorities must stop trying civilians before unfair military courts, Amnesty International said today, after a prominent Egyptian blogger and…

October 31, 2011

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Pressure on Egyptian political parties to deliver on 25 January expectations

In parliamentary elections beginning on 28 November, Egyptians will ask whether the demands and promises of the “25 January Revolution”…

October 31, 2011

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Life of Egyptian Blogger Hangs in the Balance as Appeal Postponed, Says Amnesty International

Egypt’s military rulers are responsible for the life of a jailed blogger on the 43rd day of a hunger strike,…

October 4, 2011

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Amnesty International Demands the Release of an Egyptian Blogger on a Hunger Strike, as His Health Fails

Egyptian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release a detained blogger who has been on hunger strike for over a month…

September 26, 2011

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Libya: Totally inadequate response by EU states to refugees stuck in limbo

In the wake of the conflict in Libya, thousands of refugees who were in the country at the time have…

September 19, 2011

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Amnesty International Condemns Emergency Law Expansion in Egypt, Saying Military is Taking Country Back to Bad Old Days of Repression

The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) broadened the application of the Mubarak-era emergency law this week following clashes…

September 15, 2011