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CNN
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The U.S. has dropped its request that two imprisoned American journalists -- Laura Ling and Euna Lee -- be released by North Korea on humanitarian grounds, and is seeking amnesty instead, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said. Ling's sister told CNN she thinks the change in approach is significant, and could aid negotiations for the women's freedom...
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BBC News
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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..
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BBC News
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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..
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CNN
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An amnesty protecting Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari from corruption charges expired on Saturday and threatened to cast the nation into political crisis...
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CNN
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The human rights group Amnesty International is calling on Nigeria to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir if he attends an African Union Summit there on Thursday...
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CNN
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Two senior rebel leaders in Nigeria's oil-rich Delta region accepted a government offer of amnesty to militants who disarm...
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CNN
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The crowd of young men gathered around as police officers unloaded a small arsenal from the bed of a truck: buckets of bullets, boxes and boxes of machine guns and rocket launchers...
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CNN
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In the seven weeks since the military-backed bloodless coup in Honduras, several hundred people protesting against the de facto government have been arbitrarily arrested and beaten by government forces, a new Amnesty International report says...
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CNN
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There was an "alarming spike" in the number of Iranian executions between the disputed June 12 presidential election and Wednesday's inauguration of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for a second term, Amnesty International reported Friday...
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CNN
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An agreement to end the monthlong political turmoil that has enveloped Honduras went under discussion before Congress, with political amnesty and national elections on the table...
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CNN
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Myanmar's pro-democracy opposition party said Tuesday it was skeptical of the government's plan to grant amnesty to political prisoners, despite an announcement to the United Nations that it would do so...
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CNN
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Israeli troops killed hundreds of unarmed civilian adults and children, broke laws and committed war crimes during their winter offensive in Gaza, Amnesty International said in a scathing report released Thursday...
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CNN
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Nigeria's state oil company rejected criticism from a leading human rights group Wednesday, calling an Amnesty International report "inaccurate."..
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BBC News
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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..
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MSNBC
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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..
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SF Gate
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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..
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BBC News
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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..
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BBC News
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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..
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BBC News
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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..
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BBC News
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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..
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