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YEMEN BOMB ATTACK TARGETS SHI’A COMMUNITY

Amnesty International has condemned a bomb attack in Yemen that reportedly killed at least 17 people and injured 15 as they travelled to celebrate a
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ISRAEL CONDEMNED OVER BEDOUIN VILLAGE DEMOLITION

Amnesty International has condemned the Israeli authorities following the demolition of a Bedouin village in southern Israel for the seventh time since July.Makeshift homes that ...
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Egypt: Systematic Crackdown Days Before Elections

(Cairo) - Egypt has carried out mass arbitrary arrests, wholesale restrictions on public campaigning, and widespread intimidation of opposition candidates and activists in the weeks ...
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Philippines: Local Ruling Family’s Abuses Implicate Government

(Manila) - A ruling family in the southern Philippines island of Mindanao committed killings and other abuses over two decades with the support of government ...
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Saudi Arabia: Journalist Sentenced to Public Lashing

(New York) - Saudi authorities should overturn a sentence of 50 lashes and two months in prison for a journalist who wrote about public anger ...
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US: Status Quo Stance at First UN Rights Review

(New York) - The United States should take concrete steps to address serious failings in its human rights record, Human Rights Watch said. Many of ...
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Statement for IMMEDIATE RELEASE Issued by the Centre for Human Rights and Democracy "SHAMS" on the occasion of the International Day for Tolerance

SHAMS center Warns against the seriousness of the escalating calls to target the Christian brothers and their churches as it represents a desperate attempt by some ...
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Syria: Jailed Rights Defender Assaulted, Punished in Prison

 Eight leading human rights organizations today called on the Syrian government to guarantee the safety of Muhannad al-Hassani, a human rights defender serving a three-year ...
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Turkey: Terrorism Laws Used to Jail Kurdish Protesters

(Istanbul) - Human Rights Watch unequivocally condemns the October 31, 2010 suicide bomb attack in Istanbul. It is essential that Turkey's response targets the perpetrators, ...
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