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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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Libya: Shameful EU Policies Fuel Surge in Detention of Migrants and Refugees

16 May 2018 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

Egypt: The use of indefinite solitary confinement against prisoners amounts to torture

7 May 2018 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

Young Yemeni woman on death row suffers the wrath of the Huthis' 'psychological war' on opponents

13 April 2018 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

Viet Nam: New research reveals almost 100 prisoners of conscience as crackdown on dissent intensifies

4 April 2018 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

Venezuela: Fatal police station fire must spur change in authorities' treatment of prisoners

29 March 2018 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

Human Rights Council should establish an international investigative mechanism into human rights violations in Libya

20 February 2018 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

Libya's wretched web of collusion

12 December 2017 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

Burkina Faso: Difficult Journey Towards Human Rights Respect

8 December 2017 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

Iran: Mass hunger strike by political prisoners in protest at inhumane conditions

22 August 2017 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

Manus Island/Australia: Authorities must respect right to protest, refrain from violence

4 August 2017 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

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