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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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Venezuela: Wave of arrests as government turns against elected opposition

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

Kenyan police must guard against using excessive force during elections

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

Kenya: Murder of election official and threatening statements raise fears ahead of elections

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

Venezuela: Country at breaking point as opposition leaders seized from homes

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

Venezuela: Lethal violence, a state policy to strangle dissent

10 July 2017 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

Venezuela: Leopoldo López moved to 'house arrest' as repression deepens

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

Setting the Scene for Elections: Two Decades of Silencing Dissent in Rwanda

7 July 2017 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country Reports

Saudi Arabia's new Crown Prince: Actions speak louder than words – release prisoners of conscience

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

DRC: Human rights grievances fuelling a "desperate and dangerous" situation

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

Families ripped apart, freedom of expression under attack amid political dispute in Gulf

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

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