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Morocco: Authorities must not suppress protests planned for Sunday

Amnesty International has called on the Moroccan authorities to allow mass peaceful demonstrations planned for this Sunday to go ahead peacefully, following a crackdown on similar protests last...

Ivory Coast: Fatal mortar shelling condemned

Security forces in Ivory Coast must stop the mortar shelling of civilian areas, said Amnesty International today, after forces loyal to the outgoing President Laurent Gbagbo fired shells into an...

Libya: Civilians must be protected during military action

Amnesty International has today urged all parties to make the protection of civilians in Libya their top priority, after the passing of UN Security Council Resolution 1973 paved the way for possible...

Nigeria: Hundreds killed in pre-election violence

Amnesty International has urged authorities in Nigeria to stem the tide of increase in political, ethnic and religious violence that risks threatening the stability of April elections. The short...

Yemen: Today's sniper killings 'deplorable'

The Yemeni authorities must immediately act to bring to justice those responsible for an apparently coordinated sniper attack on protesters in the capital Sana’a today that has left dozens dead. At...

Bahrain: People should be brought to justice over protestor killings - new report

‘We need to see all UK export licences for Bahrain suspended’ - Oliver Sprague Amnesty International today revealed evidence of the Bahraini security forces’ systematic use of excessive force in...

USA: Warning on US states' plan to severely restrict workers' rights

Amnesty International has urged several US states to abandon planned legislation that would drastically restrict workers' rights. States including Colorado, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, New Mexico, Ohio...

Cuba: Harassment, intimidation and arrest of dissidents continues

Authorities in Cuba are continuing to stifle freedom of expression in spite of the much-publicised recent wave of releases of prominent dissidents, reported Amnesty International today on the eighth...

Roma denied access to water and sanitation in Slovenia - new report

Roma communities in Slovenia are being denied proper access to adequate housing, water and sanitation due to discrimination, according to a new report today (16 March) from Amnesty International. Some...

Syria: Crackdown on protesters by baton-wielding security officials condemned

Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights and Children's rights amongst those attacked Amnesty International has condemned the Syrian authorities’ crackdown on protests in the country...