Amnesty International News

An item on the front page of Thursday's Tempo section incorrectly referred to restaurateur Jimmy Bannos' wife as 'late.' She is very much alive. via Chicago Tribune

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“So it is critical that the Myanmar government and other actors recognize and support the central role of human rights defenders, including those engaged in humanitarian work and those monitoring violations, in the relief and reconstruction process.”

Following the impact of Cyclone Nargis on Myanmar, which killed tens of thousands of people and displaced around a million more, Amnesty International is calling urgently on the government to open its borders ... via Amnesty International USA

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“We had reservations that the restrictions we had to live by were not consistent with our policies”

Google's shareholders, following the advice of the board, voted down two proposals on Thursday that would have compelled the search giant to change its human rights policies , but the issue dominated the ... via Infoworld

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Growing numbers of Somali civilians are being violently attacked by Ethiopian troops and other groups, an Amnesty International report said. via The Post Chronicle

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“This is an outright, and deliberate, lie, fed to Amnesty by groups affiliated to Al-Shabaab, groups that use the cover of human rights to promote their terrorist agenda.”

' Addis Ababa has rejected the accusation of Amnesty International that Ethiopian troops in Somalia have killed people by slitting their throats "like goats". Amnesty last Tuesday said that Ethiopian forces in ... via Sudan Tribune

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Case of a female journalist: Sumi Khan, a 34-year-old journalist working with local and national magazines and based in the city of Chittagong, was attacked and received death threats as a result of her ... via American Chronicle

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“Bloggers Unite for Human Rights is a great way to harness the power of the Internet to fight injustice and make the world a better place.”

BlogCatalog.com, the fastest-growing social network for bloggers on the Internet, is partnering with Amnesty International, a worldwide movement that campaigns for internationally recognized human rights, to ... via Amnesty International USA

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New Delhi, May 2: India's death penalty system is riddled with fatal flaws and the only remedy is to abolish the practice completely, the Indian branch of the human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, has ... via Daily India

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The leader of Amnesty International says the United States has taken too narrow a view of how to fight terrorism. via KSLA-TV Shreveport

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“Police in Mozambique seem to think they have a licence to kill and the weak police accountability system allows for this”

Police in Mozambique are killing and torturing people with near total impunity, according to a report by Amnesty International released Tuesday. via Raw Story

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