Amnesty Protest for President Obama’s visit to Brussels
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Turkey: Pre-election Twitter shutdown brings internet freedom to a new low
The decision to block Twitter is an unprecedented attack on internet freedom and freedom of expression in Turkey. The draconian measure, brought under Turkey’s restrictive internet law, shows the lengths the government is prepared to go to prevent anti-government criticism
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EU GOVERNMENTS’ LEADERS MUST STOP BURYING THEIR HEADS IN THE SAND AND ENSURE PROTECTIVE MIGRATION & ASYLUM POLICIES
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE
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Speech by Tanya Mazur, director of Amnesty International Ukraine
20/03/2014 – Since the beginning of the Euromaydan protest on 21November 2013, Amnesty International has documented numerous cases of human rights abuses, including violations of the right to peaceful assembly, repeated excessive use of force by law enforcement officers, harassment of those who dared to complain, torture, abductions, unfair trials, and finally shooting at unarmed protesters.
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Amnesty International sandy beach protest in support of migrants, refugees and asylum-seekers’ rights: Running order for 20 March
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL MEDIA ADVISORY
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Cyprus: Abusive detention of migrants and asylum seekers flouts EU law
It is shameful to think that within the EU people who have committed no crime are being held in harsh prison-like conditions for prolonged periods, in some cases for up to 18 months or longer. Amnesty International is concerned that Cyprus is using the systematic detention of migrants to intimidate and deter potential immigrants and asylum-seekers
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Amnesty International to meet European Union representatives to ensure human rights are at the forefront of relations with Ukraine
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL MEDIA ADVISORY
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Amnesty International to create sandy beach on the shores of the European Union Summit in support of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers’ rights
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
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Turkey: Funeral protests over Gezi Park police impunity
Berkin is the fourth person to die as a direct result of abusive use of force by police officers during last year’s Gezi Park protests. The lack of effective investigations into the use of such force which also left thousands injured has touched a nerve and resulted in a wave of anti-government demonstrations which are sweeping Turkey again.
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Joint NGO statement on the upcoming European Commission Communication on …
11/03/2014 – We are part icularly concerned that the current debate within the Commission seems to favour a restrictive approach that would limit the scope of the forthcoming Communicat ion to the rule of law in its narrow interpretat ion, disregarding the other values listed in Art icle 2 TEU, most notably respect for human rights.
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Syria: Yarmouk under siege – a horror story of war crimes, starvation and death
Residents wait to receive UNRWA food aid at the besieged al-Yarmouk camp on January 31, 2014.© unrwa.org
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Squeezing the life out of Yarmouk: War crimes against besieged civilians,
10/03/2014 – Three years after popular pro-reform then anti-government protests drew a brutal response from the Syrian authorities, leading to the internal armed conflict that continues to rage, around a quarter of a million civilians are living under siege across Syria. Many have endured appalling conditions in their struggle to survive