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Canadian MPs protest the Sri Lankan displacement camps

Canadian Ministers of Parliament, Bob Rae, Jack Layton and Olivia Chow appeared at the Tamil protests in front of the Sri Lankan Consulate to show their support of the movement to immediately free Tamils from the internal...

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Don't execute Mujib killers, Amnesty tells Dhaka

International human rights watchdog Amnesty International has urged Bangladesh not to execute five former army officers who have been sentenced to death for the killing of country's founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

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Refugee camps 'to be opened next month'

Sri Lanka says people held in special camps since the end of the conflict with Tamil Tiger rebels will be allowed out for short periods from next month. The latest government announcement was made by the special adviser to...

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Egypt: Military Court of Appeals fails to rectify injustice

Amnesty International condemns the failure of Egypt's military appeals court to overturn sentences imposed on leading members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood organization after unfair trials and calls on the authorities to...

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Ohio moves to resume executions under new protocol

Amnesty International is appealing to the authorities in the state of Ohio not to resume executions, following their adoption of a new lethal injection protocol. Six other death row inmates are scheduled for execution in Ohio...

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Time for world leaders to ratify disappearances treaty

Amnesty International has called on world leaders to help prevent enforced disappearances by urging them to ratify a landmark treaty at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). The International Convention for the Protection...

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Russia moves one step closer to death penalty abolition

Amnesty International has welcomed a decision by Russia's Constitutional Court that brings the country a step closer to full abolition of the death penalty. The Court decided on Thursday to extend the current moratorium on...

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Thai Military Wants US Satellites to Hunt Rebels

BANGKOK, Thailand -- Thailand's military wants the U.S. to provide satellite equipment and imagery so it can hunt thousands of Islamist separatists who are killing Thai troops and civilians with hidden roadside bombs in the south.

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Rights group: China must end harassment

BEIJING, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Chinese officials must stop harassing and detaining human rights activists targeted during U.S. President Obama's visit, Amnesty International said Friday. Government security forces kept dozens of...

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Ghana: Locals Asked to Desist From Mob Action

A Researcher and lecturer at the University of Education, Winneba, Mr. Vincent Adzahlie, has asked Ghanaians to desist from mob violence. He said there have been cases when alleged suspects who have turned out to be innocent...

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