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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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Benin: Amnesty International petitions authorities to commute the sentence of 14 men on death row

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

Benin: Death row prisoners held in cruel limbo

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

Death Penalty: A decade on, executions are on the wane but challenges remain

10 October 2012 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

Benin closer to abolishing the death penalty

19 August 2011 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

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