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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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Op-ed: The world must not forget the jailed journalists of Ethiopia

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

Viet Nam: End wave of brutal attacks against human rights defenders

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

Angola: Trial of 15 activists after five months in detention a travesty of justice

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

Russian NGOs cynically treated like enemies of the state

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

Shooting the messengers

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

Russia: Release of Sochi campaigner jailed on absurd charges long overdue

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

Qatari authorities must free poet serving 15-year jail sentence

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

Zimbabwe: Detention of journalists a shocking attempt to intimidate the press

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

Yemen: Bombing of MSF hospital may amount to a war crime

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

Venezuela must halt escalating campaign against human rights defenders

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

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