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Afghanistan: German government must investigate deadly Kunduz airstrikes
The German government should immediately launch a credible, transparent investigation into a 4 September airstrike in Kunduz, Afghanistan, that killed scores of people, many of them civilians, Amnesty International said today. The German military said...
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CIS chronicles 287g immigration enforcement tool
Congress created 287g in 1996 as program to enhance the cooperation of local law enforcement agencies and federal immigration services. In an effort to pander to the Latino organizations that helped propel Obama into the White House, the reigns of...
Tags: 287g, illegal immigration, amnesty
Death row prisoner in Sudan bore marks of torture
Amnesty International said on Wednesday that the Sudanese government was responsible for the death and ill-treatment of a prisoner who died from tuberculosis in police custody last week.Ahmed Suleiman Sulman died on 21 October at the police hospital to...
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Taleban must immediately stop targeting civilians in Afghanistan
Amnesty International has condemned the Taleban's attack on a guesthouse hosting staff from the United Nations in Kabul on Wednesday, that killed at least six civilian UN staff. The Taleban took responsibility for the incident and threatened more such...
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African governments must pressure Zimbabwe on human rights
Amnesty International warned on Wednesday that Zimbabwe is on the brink of sliding back into the post-election violence that marred the country last year, risking undermining the stability brought about by the creation of the unity government in February. The...
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Iranian refugees released from detention in Turkey
Two Iranian refugees who were refused access to the asylum system in Turkey and unlawfully detained for more than a year have been released, following months of campaigning on their behalf by Amnesty International.Mohsen Abdolkhani and Hamid Karimnia...
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Iran must release scholar held for peaceful criticism of election
The Iranian authorities must release a 76-year-old scholar held incommunicado for 41 days, apparently for his peaceful criticism of the Iranian presidential election, said Amnesty International.The organization also expressed grave concern for the health...
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Border Patrol captures illegals arriving by boat, including MS-13 gang member
Approximately 40 miles north of the U.S./Mexican border officials nabbed 20 illegal aliens attempting to break into the country via panga boat. California Border Patrol agents greeted the illegals when they arrived on the sand at South Ponto Beach,...
Tags: illlegal immigration, amnesty
Sierra Leone: Special Court renders final judgment in RUF case
Amnesty International said today’s decision by the Special Court for Sierra Leone to uphold the convictions of three former senior leaders of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) is a positive step in the fight against impunity for the worst...
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Russian authorities must investigate activist’s murder
Russian and Kabardino-Balkarian authorities must find and bring to justice those responsible for the murder of Maksharip Aushev, a leading civil society activist from Ingushetia, Amnesty International said on Monday. “The murder of Maksharip...
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