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Kenya poor cling to dump site
April 29, 2012

Andres Oppenheimer: Ahmadinejad embarks on his Latin America 'tour of tyrants'
January 10, 2012

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Prisoners Hanged in Japan
March 29, 2012 | IBTimes.com

Amnesty International Report Shows Rampant Torture in Libya
February 17, 2012 | Newsy.com

Rights bodies condemn Senegal police violence
February 01, 2012 | Agence France-Presse

Amnesty International Wikipedia Information

Amnesty International (commonly known as Amnesty or AI) is an international non-governmental organization which defines its mission as "to undertake research and action focused 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...

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North Carolina: Same-sex marriage ban ‘setback’ for human rights
May 11, 2012
May 9, 2012 - North Carolina's ban on same-sex marriage is a setback for human rights, Amnesty International said after voters in the south-eastern state...

Amnesty International Demands Bangladesh Authorities Account for Deaths of Protesters Amid Spate of "Disappearances"
April 24, 2012
Washington, D.C. April 24, 2012 - Amnesty International today urges Bangladesh authorities to initiate a thorough investigation into the deaths of two men,...

Amnesty International’s efforts to ensure the arrest of Bosco Ntaganda
April 20, 2012
April 19, 2012 - It is nearly six years since the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant naming Bosco Ntaganda on charges of enlisting and...

Civilian Deaths from NATO Airstrikes in Libya Must be Properly Investigated, Says Amnesty International
March 19, 2012
March 19, 2012 - NATO has so far failed to investigate the killing of scores of civilians in Libya in airstrikes carried out by its forces, Amnesty International...

Amnesty International: Halt ships of shame from the USA carrying weapons to Egypt
March 15, 2012
March 15, 2012 - A ship carrying a cargo of weapons with explosives en route from the USA to Egypt must not be allowed to offload because of a substantial risk...

Poland must investigate state role in US secret prisons, says Amnesty International
February 24, 2012
Feb. 24, 2012 - Poland must cease hiding behind state secrecy and allow a fully transparent investigation into its role in the US-led rendition and secret...

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Darren Criss Covers Dylan In The Music Video For New Morning!
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Darren Criss teamed up with his brother and Freelance Whales band member Chuck Criss from to cover the Bob Dylan classic New Morning for the Amnesty International tribute album to...

Amnesty International accuses Arizona of abuse in prisons
April 03, 2012 | azcentral.com | news
Report: Prisons use solitary as punishment more than most other states, government. ...

Ambassador, American hikers held in Iran speak at Amnesty meeting in Denver
March 31, 2012 | Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local
Two countries currently under critical gaze -- Iran and Syria -- were spotlighted Saturday at Amnesty International's Annual General Meeting, an event punctuated by ...

Ambassador to Syria, three American hikers held hostage in Iran speak at Amnesty...
March 31, 2012 | Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local
Two countries currently under critical gaze -- Iran and Syria -- were spotlighted Saturday at Amnesty International's Annual General Meeting. ...

"The stories of these cases are very painful."
March 28, 2012 | MetaFilter
The animation features Paul Bettany reading Mostafaei's words, is a part of Amnesty International's campaign against the death penalty. ...

Dictator Cakes Campaign for Amnesty International
March 09, 2012 | Laughing Squid
Dictators Fidel Castro and Alexander Lukashenko are rendered in cake form for this ad campaign for Amnesty International. The campaign is by ad agency Euro RSCG Prague. ...

Amnesty International on twitter

	Amnesty International places in Parliament 35K signs against ongoing health system reform, which they see harmful to vulnerable collectives. Twitter: @SpainTODAY
	@_laizydaisy @satanicfloret @argeneau she was acting like it was a human rights violation and Amnesty International was next on her list. Twitter: @quailing
	http://t.co/rsFtgLW1 Twitter: @SinPate
	Join me in helping to Stop forced evictions in Africa \| Amnesty International http://t.co/cwCuKncs Twitter: @melodiaross
	Mali’s worst human rights situation in 50 years \| Amnesty International http://t.co/mHcI7FS6 Twitter: @AICanadaMedia
	Amnesty International Nepal members protest planned execution of Yong Vui Kong in Singapore https://t.co/290GWZbP Twitter: @Mustafa_Qadri

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May 14, 2012

Amnesty International Books

United Nations Justice: Legal and Judicial Reform in Governance Operations
Calin Trenkov-Wermuth, $31.05

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