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Amnesty International calls on Riyadh regime to release Saudi woman’s rights activist
Jan 12, 2020 03:59Amnesty International has urged Saudi authorities to immediately and unconditionally release jailed prominent Saudi women's rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul, whose arrest more than four years ago marked the start of a crackdown led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman against women activists in the ultra-conservative kingdom.
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Disabled Yemenis suffering most in Saudi-led war: Amnesty
Dec 03, 2019 09:48Amnesty International has raised the alarm about the dire situation of millions of people with disabilities in Yemen, saying they are hit the hardest by a years-long Saudi-led military campaign against the impoverished state.
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Turkey prosecutor urges conviction of Amnesty's local chief
Nov 28, 2019 04:06Turkey’s state prosecutor has called for the conviction of Amnesty International’s local Head, Taner Kilic, former Director Idil Eser and four other human rights defenders over allegations of involvement in the failed July 2016 coup attempt against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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Amnesty warns of Egypt's 'parallel justice system'
Nov 27, 2019 14:26Amnesty International has warned that Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's government had built a "parallel justice system" to crack down on critics and dissent.
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Amnesty slams Zionist entity’s killing of Palestinian woman
Sep 19, 2019 07:39Amnesty International slams the fatal shooting of a Palestinian woman by the Zionist regime forces, saying she “did not pose any immediate danger” to the regime’s forces and that her death underscores the need for international justice.
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Amnesty urges Bahrain regime to lift travel ban on ailing former lawmaker
Sep 04, 2019 02:37Amnesty International has called on Bahraini officials to put an end to their continued harassment of former legislator Osama Jaber Muhana al-Tamimi, and to allow him to travel abroad for medical treatment after he suffered a stroke following his arrest last month.
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Amnesty issues ‘travel advisory’ for US after shootings
Aug 08, 2019 07:43Amnesty International has issued a “travel advisory” for the United States in the wake of deadly mass shootings that took place over the weekend.
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Amnesty calls on Egypt to end abuses against political prisoners
Aug 01, 2019 06:25Amnesty International has censured the “harsh and inhumane conditions” of political prisoners in Egypt, calling on the African country’s authorities to immediately end the rights abuses of the detainees there.
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Saudi court postpones hearing of prominent dissident cleric Awdah
Jul 29, 2019 01:38Saudi Arabia’s Specialized Criminal Court has postponed a hearing in the case against prominent Saudi dissident Muslim Cleric Sheikh Salman al-Awdah until later this year amid growing concerns he will be sentenced to death.
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Saudi Arabia ordered 122 executions in first half of 2019: Rights organization
Jul 10, 2019 03:47A Europe-based human rights organization says Saudi authorities have ordered the execution of 122 people in the first half of 2019 — well over double the number of beheadings carried out in the first six months of the preceding year.