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Amnesty International

Amnesty International is a worldwide campaigning movement that works to promote all of the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights standards. Its mission is to undertake research and action focussed on preventing and ending grave abuses of the rights to physical and mental integrity, freedom of conscience and expression, and freedom from discrimination, within the context of its work to promote all human rights. Amnesty International has more than a million members and supporters in over 140 countries and territories. It is impartial and independent of any government, political persuasion or religious creed. It is financed largely by subscriptions and donations from its worldwide membership.  Website: www.amnesty.org
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China: Legal activist's sister-in-law detained as harassment intensifies

24 April 2013 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

More than 1.3 million refugees from Syria in dire need of increased international support

24 April 2013 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

Uzbekistan: Uzbekistani writer free after 14 years

24 April 2013 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

Pakistan: End election-related violence, prioritize human rights in election campaigning

24 April 2013 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

Israel/Occupied Palestinian Territories: Israel release Palestinian prisoner of conscience and end the arbitrary detention of hundreds of other Palestinians

23 April 2013 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

Bahrain: Further information: Demand medical care for imprisoned activist

23 April 2013 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

Egypt: Further information: Activists still held in solitary confinement

23 April 2013 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

Macedonia must prevent homophobic attacks

23 April 2013 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

Haiti: Forced evictions worsen the already dire lot of earthquake homeless

23 April 2013 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

Brazil prison massacre verdict a 'vital' step towards justice

22 April 2013 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

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