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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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Treated Like Criminals: DRC's Race To Silence Dissent In The Run Up To Elections

26 November 2015 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

UN Security Council must press Burundi authorities to tackle human rights crisis

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

Personnes originaires du caucase du nord en quête d'une protection internationale : appréciation d'amnesty international

November 2015 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country Reports

Guinea: Unarmed people shot in back and beaten to death by security forces in Conakry

22 October 2015 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

Iran: Indecency trial of jailed cartoonist and her lawyer for shaking hands absurd

2 October 2015 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

Human rights after the coup in Burkina Faso

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

Nepal: Police restraint urged as at least 20 more shot amid Constitution-related protests

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

Burkina Faso: Army must free detained leaders and avoid violent repression of protests

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

Venezuela: Sentence against opposition leader shows utter lack of judicial independence

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

Guinea: Excessive and lethal force by security forces must not be repeated during election period

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

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