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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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Syria-Jordan border: 75,000 refugees trapped in desert no man's land in dire conditions

15 September 2016 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

Pakistan: Attack on Quetta hospital abhorrent disregard for the sanctity of life

8 August 2016 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

Brazil: Daily shootouts and alarming rise in police killings puts Olympic legacy at risk

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

DRC: Show restraint in handling Kinshasa protests

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

Fighting injustice with smartphones in Olympic Rio

27 July 2016 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

Cameroon: Boko Haram attack brings total killed to nearly 500 in a year

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

Venezuela in crisis: "If you are lucky, you eat twice a day"

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

Brazil: Economic emergency, no excuse to cut social services and security short ahead of Olympics

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

Venezuela: Stubborn politics accelerate catastrophic humanitarian crisis

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

No justice for eastern Ukraine's victims of torture

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

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