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Papua New Guinea: Police must act urgently to save captured women accused of 'sorcery'

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Apr 11 2013 - 12:03pm
 

 

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Timeline: Aung San Suu Kyi and Amnesty International

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Jun 18 2012 - 09:38pm
The Burmese opoosition leader and former prisoner of conscience is visiting Europe for the first time in more than two decades.
© Amnesty International

 

China must end crackdown after self-immolations in Tibet

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Jun 5 2012 - 10:08pm
The crackdown began after two Tibetan men set themselves ablaze near central Lhasa's Jokhang Temple.
© Tom Magliery

 

Amnesty International honours a unique New Zealander with a genuine dedication to social justice causes

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May 14 2012 - 10:48pm

Keith Locke is the 2012 winner of Amnesty International Aotearoa’s Human Rights Defender Award.

(c) Amnesty International

 

New Zealand government at risk of breaching its obligations under the Refugee Convention

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May 1 2012 - 09:48pm
Asylum seekers waiting to submit their asylum applications at the entrance of the Political Asylum Department of the Aliens Directorate, Headquarters of Hellenic Police, in Petrou Ralli, Athens, 1 June 2009. (c) Nikolas Kominis

 

Malaysia must scrap repressive new security law

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Apr 13 2012 - 09:30pm
In September 2011 Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak announced plans to replace the ISA with new security legislation
© Gen Kanai from Flickr

 

Japan executions a 'retrograde step'

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Mar 30 2012 - 10:31pm
 
Justice Minister Toshio Ogawa authorized the executions explained that it was his "duty" as Minister.
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