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WORLD / NEWS Thu Jun 14, 2007 @ 12:16am neoform

BBC News -- The Vatican has urged all Catholics to stop donating money to Amnesty International, accusing the human rights group of promoting abortion. The Vatican also said it was suspending all financial aid to Amnesty over what it said was the group's recent ch.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Wed May 23, 2007 @ 10:43am neoform

BBC News -- Powerful governments and armed groups have been deliberately fomenting fear to erode human rights worldwide, a report by Amnesty International says. The group's annual report on human rights says policies like those linked to the "war on terror" are cr.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Wed May 28, 2008 @ 8:17am neoform

BBC News -- World leaders are failing to tackle human rights abuses around the globe, Amnesty International says. In an annual report, the group says people are still being tortured or ill-treated in at least 81 countries. In at least 54 states they face unfair.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Tue Apr 15, 2008 @ 8:16am neoform

MSNBC -- China executed more people than any other country in the world last year by putting at least 470 people to death, but the number of executions in the country actually fell compared to the year before, Amnesty International said. In its annual report on.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Thu Dec 6, 2007 @ 8:25am neoform

SF Gate -- Less than a year ago, Israeli soldiers pumped six bullets into Rabiya Hamed in a botched assassination attempt that left four others dead and more than 30 wounded. Hamed has since signed a controversial amnesty pact with Israel along with 177 other mem.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Tue Nov 13, 2007 @ 8:23am neoform

BBC News -- Nato countries risk turning a blind eye to torture by continuing to transfer detainees to Afghan prisons, according to a report from Amnesty International. The report cites what it calls "consistent" incidences of torture and other abuse by Afghanistan.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Fri Oct 12, 2007 @ 8:19am neoform

BBC News -- Pakistan's Supreme Court is to rule on whether a government amnesty lifting corruption charges against former PM Benazir Bhutto is legal. The amnesty was one of Ms Bhutto's conditions for her return to Pakistan next Thursday ahead of a possible power s.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Tue Aug 7, 2007 @ 1:00am neoform

BBC News -- China risks spoiling the legacy of next year's Beijing Olympics unless it takes urgent measures to stop human rights abuses, Amnesty International has said. In a report, the group accused China's authorities of detaining activists and journalists witho.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Thu Jul 5, 2007 @ 8:21am neoform

BBC News -- Widespread use of torture is continuing in Turkey despite the government's "zero tolerance" policy, says human rights group Amnesty International. A new report acknowledged improvements in the Turkish criminal justice system in recent years. But Amn.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Wed Jun 27, 2007 @ 1:28pm neoform

BBC News -- Human rights group Amnesty International has called on Iran to halt the execution of child offenders. In a new report, it says Iran is the only country to have executed child offenders so far this year. It lists the names of 71 other child offenders.. Read More

WORLD / OPINION Mon May 28, 2007 @ 10:13am neoform

Los Angeles Times -- AMNESTY HAS become the political act that dare not speak its name. Nativists go wild when they hear the term. Mainstream immigrant advocates talk around it. Immigration-restriction fanatics have so poisoned and blurred the word's meaning that they see it.. Read More