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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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Remembering Occupy Hong Kong – reflections of a student protest organizer

28 September 2015 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

China: Release supporters of Hong Kong pro-democracy protests

28 September 2015 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

China: Rights activists face five years in prison for publishing books on democracy

18 June 2015 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

Abducted journalist and pro-democracy activist must be found

9 April 2015 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

Hong Kong: Police response to student pro-democracy protest an alarming sign

27 September 2014 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

Azerbaijan: Activists face 12 years' jail on new charges

18 September 2013 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

Azerbaijan: Activists face 12 years' jail on new charges

18 September 2013 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

China: Tiananmen crackdown 24 years on, still waiting for justice and denied a voice

30 May 2013 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

Libya: 10 steps for human rights: Amnesty International's human rights manifesto for Libya

25 September 2012 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

Prominent China dissident facing ‘subversion' trial

24 March 2011 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

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