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Journalists targeted in on-going conflict in Syria

3 mei 2013

Scores of journalists reporting on human rights abuses in Syria have been killed, arbitrarily arrested, detained, subjected to enforced disappearances and tortured over the last two years, Amnesty International said in a report released today, World Press Freedom Day.

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Blog: Dissent still under attack in post-Mubarak Egypt

3 mei 2013

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By Diana Eltahawy, Egypt Researcher at Amnesty International - While the world is celebrating the 20th World Press Freedom Day on 3 May, the crackdown on freedom of speech and dissent continues unabated in post-Mubarak Egypt.

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New background briefing on the Guantánamo hunger strike

3 mei 2013

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As 100 inmates continue a hunger strike, a protest set against the backdrop of their indefinite detention by the US military at Guantánamo Bay, Amnesty International today published a briefing about the latest developments and the background to their desperate action.

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Ten ways to repress a journalist

2 mei 2013

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Governments and other organizations across the world are perfecting techniques to prevent journalists from shining a light on corruption and human rights abuses. From trumped-up charges, removing work licences to murder, here are 10 ways journalists are repressed and prevented from reporting freely and fairly.

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North Korea sentences US citizen to 15 years of hard labour

2 mei 2013

North Korea’s Supreme Court in Pyongyang has reportedly sentenced a US national of Korean origin to 15 years of hard labour in the country’s infamous prison camps today after finding him guilty of various unspecified crimes against the nation.

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USA: Maryland joins global trend against the death penalty

2 mei 2013

The US state of Maryland has joined the overwhelming global trend towards ending the death penalty, Amnesty International said today after Governor Martin O’Malley signed the abolition of capital punishment into law.

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Israel must remove new settler outpost in the West Bank

2 mei 2013

The Israeli authorities must immediately remove a new outpost set up yesterday by Israeli settlers in the Nablus district of the occupied West Bank, Amnesty International said today.

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Belarus must stop the execution of man on death row

2 mei 2013

The Belarus authorities must stop the execution of a man who was this week sentenced to death for murder, Amnesty International said.

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Sri Lanka: Prominent Muslim politician and government critic arrested

2 mei 2013

A prominent Muslim politician and government critic arrested today in Sri Lanka must be immediately released or charged with an internationally recognizable criminal offence, Amnesty International said.

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Saudi Arabia moves to stamp out new human rights NGO

1 mei 2013

Four founding members of a nascent human rights group in Saudi Arabia have been interrogated and intimidated in their attempt to get their organization off the ground, Amnesty International said.

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Persvoorlichters

	Lars van Troost (Hoofd persvoorlichting) 020-7733666 06-14778824 l [dot] vantroost [at] amnesty [dot] nl
	Ruud Bosgraaf 020-7733667 06-23341533 r [dot] bosgraaf [at] amnesty [dot] nl
	Nicole Sprokel 020-7733677 06-22109964 n [dot] sprokel [at] amnesty [dot] nl
	Emile Affolter 020-7733669 06-34490977 e [dot] affolter [at] amnesty [dot] nl