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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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"We are not Animals to be Hunted or Sold" - Violence and Discrimination Against People with Albinism in Malawi

7 June 2016 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

Malawi: Authorities must put end to killing spree of people with albinism

5 May 2016 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

Malawi: Discovery of head of boy with albinism exposes protection failures

3 March 2016 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

South Africa: Two refugees dead, many injured in attack

10 June 2014 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

Silenced, expelled, imprisoned: Repression of students and academics in Iran

2 June 2014 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country Reports

Uganda: Rights and freedoms under attack with new legislation

24 February 2014 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Speeches/Statements

Zambia: End state-sponsored persecution as same-sex trial reaches verdict

21 February 2014 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

Observations by Amnesty International and the International Commission of Jurists on the case X, Y and Z v Minister voor Immigratie, Integratie en Asiel (C-199/12, C-200/12 and C-201/12) following the Opinion of Advocate General Sharpston of 11 July 2013

2 October 2013 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries

From Protest to Prison - Iran One Year After the Election

9 June 2010 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country Reports

Peru must drop charges against Indigenous leader

28 May 2010 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

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