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Amnesty: Egypt still abusing human rights

Egyptian authorities continue to restrict freedom of assembly, torture detainees and try civilians in military courts, highlighting the urgent need for reform, Amnesty International said Thursday.

Egypt Google staffer faces risk of torture: Amnesty

Rights watchdog Amnesty International said Sunday that an Egyptian executive of the Google software giant who was snatched from the street during anti-government riots faces a serious risk of torture.

Amnesty Says Governments Aid Rights Abuses

MARK McDONALD The New York Times 05/27/2010
Amnesty Says Governments Aid Rights Abuses

Powerful governments and political expediency are helping to perpetuate torture, war crimes and other human rights abuses around the world, Amnesty International said Thursday in its annual report.

American women are more likely to die of pregnancy-related causes than women in 40 other countries

According to a new report by Amnesty International on pregnancy and childbirth care in the U.S., American women are at greater risk of dying from pregnancy-related causes than women in 40 other countries.

Israel keeping Gaza parched, Amnesty International says

Jerusalem (CNN) -- Israel is denying Palestinians access to adequate water supplies by controlling shared water resources, the human rights group Amnesty International said in a report released Tuesday.

Amnesty International Urges Iran to Rescind First Death Sentence Imposed as a Result of Presidential Protests

Amnesty International today urged Iran to rescind a death sentence imposed on Mohammad-Reza Ali-Zamani, the first person to be sentenced to death for protesting the disputed June presidential election. The human rights organization said it fears Zamani's death sentence will pave the way for more death sentences against others involved in the protests.

Latest Bush-era Torture Revelations Corroborate Need for Full-scale Investigation into Disturbing Counterterrorism Practices, Says Amnesty International

Larry Cox, Amnesty International USA's executive director, issued the following statement on the release of various documents and announcements about Bush-era counterterrorism tactics:

Amnesty International makes fresh call to free Sri Lanka displaced

COLOMBO — Amnesty International on Monday made a fresh appeal for the release of tens of thousands of war-displaced Sri Lankan Tamils locked behind military-run camps in the island's north.

Amnesty International Says Accountability is Key to Normalization in Russia's Chechnya and North Caucasus

Only full accountability for the human rights violations that have been taking place over the past decade and more can bring real normalization to Chechnya and the North Caucasus, Amnesty International said in a new report, Rule without law: Human rights violations in the North Caucasus, published today.

Journalists are Detained as News Restrictions Tighten Iran, Says Amnesty International

The Iranian authorities must immediately release dozens of journalists arrested since June 12 and who are at risk of torture in detention, Amnesty International said today as it adopted all of them as prisoners of conscience.


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