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

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

Egypt: Head of press syndicate detained in unprecedented crackdown on media freedom

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

Egypt steps up vicious onslaught against NGOs with arrest of minority rights defender

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

China: Scrap Foreign NGO law aimed at choking civil society

28 April 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

Azerbaijan: Release of 10 prisoners of conscience is a glimmer of hope for those still behind bars

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

Myanmar: End relentless crackdown on student protesters

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

Burundi: International community must act immediately to end human rights crisis

17 December 2015 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

Angola: Kangaroo court undermines judicial independence as trial of activists enters fourth week

8 December 2015 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

Tunisia: Sweeping crackdown signals abuse of emergency measures

2 December 2015 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

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