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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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France: New Roma forced evictions 'shameful'

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

France: No stone unturned in investigation into slaying of Kurdish women activists

10 January 2013 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

France: Scores of Roma left homeless in forced eviction near Paris

15 October 2012 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

First French fines for veiled women a ‘travesty of justice'

22 September 2011 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

French detention centre highlights mistreatment of migrants

18 December 2008 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

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