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Iran - Amnesty International and Other NGOs to Hold Silent Vigil for Iran at Ralph J. Bunche Park

Amnesty International USA along with co-sponsors, United4Iran, Student World Assembly, International Campaign for Human...

March 27, 2011

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Iraq: Man Jailed for Five Years on Spurious Terror Charges, Says Amnesty International

Amnesty International has called on the authorities in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) to release an Iraqi man who…

March 27, 2011

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Libya: Amnesty International Calls on U.N. Security Council and Arab League To Act Decisively on Libyan Crimes

The U.N. Security Council must investigate the crisis in Libya that has left hundreds of protestors dead and must make…

March 27, 2011

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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

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Liu Xiaobo's Nobel Peace Prize Win Puts Spotlight on China Rights Violations

Amnesty International Press ReleaseFor Immediate ReleaseFriday, October 8, 2010Liu Xiaobo's Nobel Peace Prize Win Puts Spotlight on China Rights Violations,…

March 27, 2011

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Greece: Must stop treating migrants as criminals

The Greek authorities should immediately review their policy of locking up irregular migrants and asylum-seekers, including...

March 27, 2011

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Cuba: Government continues to stifle dissent, despite assertions that freedom of expression is respected

Cuba's government continues to stifle dissent through arbitrary arrests, surveillance, intimidation and harassment of...

March 27, 2011

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GAZA: Amnesty International Calls Executions by Hamas in Gaza 'Deplorable'

Amnesty International today condemned the executions by the Hamas de facto authority of two Palestinian men in Gaza in the...

March 27, 2011

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Morocco: AI Welcomes Morocco's Release of Sahrawi Human Rights Defender after Monthlong Hunger Strike

Organization Remains Concerned for Eight Individuals Held as Prisoners of Conscience by Morocco

March 27, 2011

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USA: Proposition 8 overturned in California

"The U.S. District Court has sent a clear message on Proposition 8: discrimination by any means is unacceptable. This...

March 27, 2011

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Somalia: Journalist Captured in Somalia by Al-Shabab Must be Released, Says Amnesty International

Amnesty International is calling for the immediate release of a Somali radio journalist held by the armed group al-Shabab,...

March 27, 2011

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Iran: TV 'confession' of Iran stoning case woman criticized

Amnesty International criticized the TV "confession" of an Iranian woman last night, in which Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani,...

March 27, 2011