The Burundian government should immediately release two prominent lawyers jailed amid an ongoing dispute with the government, Amnesty International said today, as a national lawyers’ strike continues.
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July 28, 2011
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July 28, 2011
The verdicts imposed against 12 people accused of killing 3 members of the Ahmadi community in Indonesia,show that religious minorities face ongoing discrimination, said Amnesty International today.
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July 28, 2011
Taiwan must halt the use of the death penalty, Amnesty International said today, after the death sentence was confirmed in the country's longest-running criminal case.
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July 27, 2011
Côte d'Ivoire security forces and a state-backed militia are creating a climate of fear that is preventing hundreds of thousands of people displaced by post-election violence from returning to their homes, Amnesty International said in a report released today.
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July 27, 2011
Bahrain’s authorities must immediately release two teachers held since they led a strike in March if they are being held solely for their involvement in peaceful protests, Amnesty International said today amid claims one of them was tortured.
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July 26, 2011
Two months ago, when prominent Syrian human rights lawyer Anwar al-Bunni finally stepped onto the streets of Damascus after completing a five year jail sentence, he walked out into a changed world.
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July 26, 2011
The recent execution of a Belarusian man convicted of assault and murder does nothing to advance the cause of justice, Amnesty International said today.
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July 26, 2011
Italy has failed to take action to protect minority groups from discrimination, Amnesty International said today, after the parliament rejected a bill on homophobic and transphobic crimes.
The bill was rejected by the Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday by 293 votes to 250.
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July 26, 2011
Amnesty International sends its condolences to the victims and their families of these terrible events.
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July 26, 2011
Amnesty International has urged the Vietnamese authorities to immediately and unconditionally release a Catholic priest who was returned to prison yesterday while on parole to treat serious health problems.
