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Use of Force Against RNC Protesters “Disproportionate,” Charges Amnesty International

[London]--Amnesty International is concerned by allegations of excessive use of force and mass arrests by police at demonstrations in St. Paul, Minnesota ( Read more... )

15 August 2008
Amnesty International has described as scandalous the Israeli army's account of firing a tank shell that killed Reuters cameraman Fadel Shana as a "sound" decision. The army reached the conclusion as part of a so-called investigation into the killing of the journalist and three other unarmed ( Read more... )

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While Israel marks lowest number of casualties caused by terror attacks in 2007 since beginning of second intifada, Amnesty International reports 370 Palestinians killed in territories, deems siege imposed by Israel on Gaza 'unprecedented'
Dana Zimmerman Published: 05.28.08, 07:06 / Israel News

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By MEERA SELVA

The Associated Press
Wednesday, May 28, 2008; 1:03 AM

LONDON -- The United States is shirking its duty to provide the world with moral leadership and China is letting its business interests trump human rights concerns in Myanmar and Sudan, a human rights group said Wednesday.

Amnesty International's annual report on the state of the ( Read more... )

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Willing Executioners: America's Bipartisan Atrocity Deepens in Somalia

Independent.co.uk

By Steve Bloomfield in Nairobi

Wednesday, 7 May 2008

Amnesty International has called for the role of the United States in Somalia to be investigated, following publication of a report accusing its allies of committing war crimes.

The human rights group ( Read more... )

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