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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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Palestinian human rights activist charged under repressive new cybercrimes law

7 September 2017 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

Hungary: Appeal Court orders retrial of man convicted of 'terrorism' for throwing stones

15 June 2017 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

Sri Lanka: The conflict's legacy of impunity endures

18 May 2017 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

Egypt: 10-year prison term for insulting President an outrageous assault on freedom of expression

13 April 2017 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

How a family man in Cyprus ended up in a Hungarian jail cell accused of 'terrorism'

29 November 2016 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

Ethiopia: End use of counter-terrorism law to persecute dissenters and opposition members

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

Saudi Arabia: Counter-terror court sentences human rights activist in relentless onslaught against civil society

24 April 2016 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

Saudi Arabia: Prisoner of conscience latest to be convicted in 'counter-terror purge' of human rights NGO

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

Egypt: Draconian counterterrorism law latest tool to muzzle peaceful activists

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

Malaysia: New anti-terrorism law a shocking onslaught against human rights

7 April 2015 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

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