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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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Ukraine: Communist Party ban decisive blow for freedom of speech in the country

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

Lockdown at the Macedonian border – illegal pushbacks of refugees to Greece

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

Turkey: EU risks complicity in violations as refugees and asylum-seekers locked up and deported

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

Ethiopia: Anti-terror rhetoric will escalate brutal crackdown against Oromo protesters

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

Tech companies must reject China's repressive internet rules

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

Bosnia and Herzegovina: 20 years of denial and injustice

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

Tunisia: Sentencing of six men for same-sex relations highlights state's entrenched homophobia

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

Ali Aarrass: Letter from prison: "The days are endless"

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

My journey to defend human rights in Afghanistan

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

Egypt: Child 'raped with wooden stick by police officers' must be released

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

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