Amnesty International today called on Chinese authorities to end violent and illegal land grabs, as protests by villagers in the southern province of Guangdong continued following the death in custody of land rights advocate Xue Jinbo.
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December 14, 2011
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December 14, 2011
Egypt’s military rulers are continuing their patterns of abuse, Amnesty International said today, after a military court confirmed the imprisonment of a prominent blogger upon his military retrial.
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December 13, 2011
Amnesty International today called on the Mexican authorities to launch a full, independent investigation into the deaths of two students amid violent clashes with police during a protest in southern Guerrero state yesterday.
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December 13, 2011
Pakistan authorities must take concrete steps to end violence against women, Amnesty International said today after the country's Senate unanimously passed two landmark women's rights bills.
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December 13, 2011
Israeli authorities have stepped up unlawful demolitions in the West Bank including East Jerusalem over the past year, displacing a record number of Palestinian families from their homes, an international coalition of 20 leading aid agencies and human rights groups said today.
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December 12, 2011
Thirty years after one of the worst atrocities of El Salvador’s bloody civil war, survivors and victims’ families are still fighting for justice.
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December 12, 2011
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December 12, 2011
The beheading of a woman convicted of “witchcraft and sorcery” is deeply shocking and highlights the urgent need for a halt in executions in Saudi Arabia, Amnesty International said today.
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December 09, 2011
Amnesty International and Belarusian human rights organizations Viasna and Belarus Helsinki Committee were today turned away from delivering a global petition to Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka, calling for an end to executions in Belarus.
