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Amnesty International: Stop sending munitions to Egypt
Egypt

Amnesty International: Stop sending munitions to Egypt

Weapons suppliers should stop selling munitions to the Egyptian military and security forces, international human rights watchdog Amnesty International said…
Amnesty: The US must stop exporting tear gas to Egypt
Egypt

Amnesty: The US must stop exporting tear gas to Egypt

Rights group Amnesty International is calling for a halt to US arms shipments to Egypt’s security forces “until there is…
Amnesty: Military junta crushed hopes of the revolution
Egypt

Amnesty: Military junta crushed hopes of the revolution

Egypt's military junta is applying the same hated tactics of severe repression used by the former regime of President Hosni…
Imprisoned blogger Maikel Nabil admitted to mental hospital
Egypt

Imprisoned blogger Maikel Nabil admitted to mental hospital

The Interior Ministry’s prisons administration on Sunday ordered the admission of blogger and activist Maikel Nabil, who has been on…
Amnesty International report reveals Egypt police own sniper rifles
Egypt

Amnesty International report reveals Egypt police own sniper rifles

The international human rights watchdog Amnesty International has revealed that in 2010 Egypt’s Ministry of Interior received two sniper rifles…
UN: Iran secretly executing hundreds of prisoners
World

UN: Iran secretly executing hundreds of prisoners

Iran's authoritarian regime has secretly executed hundreds of prisoners, according to a new UN report detailing growing rights abuses in…
Army is responsible for Maspero bloodshed, says human rights lawyer
Egypt

Army is responsible for Maspero bloodshed, says human rights lawyer

The autopsies of 17 people killed in Sunday’s violence near the Maspero TV building show the army is entirely responsible…
Egypt’s military responsible for life of Egyptian blogger, says Amnesty
Egypt

Egypt’s military responsible for life of Egyptian blogger, says Amnesty

Egypt’s military rulers are responsible for the life of a jailed blogger on the 43rd day of a hunger strike,…
Amnesty International wants military, police officers prosecuted over torture video
Egypt

Amnesty International wants military, police officers prosecuted over torture video

Amnesty International described a video of police and army officers torturing detainees that was recently released online as “deeply unsettling”…
Amnesty fears Bahraini women and girls tortured
World

Amnesty fears Bahraini women and girls tortured

DUBAI - A group of 38 women and seven girls arrested last week during a protest against Bahrain's parliamentary by-elections…
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