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Egypt must return to rule of law: Amnesty
The end of Egypt's 31-year state of emergency must signal a return to the rule of law, global human rights organisation Amnesty International said after the measure expired on Thursday, two years after it was last renewed by the government of Hosni Mubarak.Amnesty International Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa Ann Harrison said, "The Egyptian authorities must make a clean break

Outrage over Sudanese woman's stoning to death sentence for adultery
A Sudanese woman has been sentenced to death by stoning on charges of adultery, which has prompted a protest by human rights campaigners.

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Bono to present Amnesty award to Suu Kyi in Dublin

Bono will present Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi with Amnesty International's highest honor when she visits Dublin next month as part of her first international tour in 24 years, the

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'Trigger happy' ISI, military must be leashed to stop bloodbath in Pak: Editorial
An editorial in a Pakistan daily has said the carnage in Pakistan will not stop until the military, paramilitary forces, ISI and MI leash their "trigger-happy" personnel.

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Zimbabwe's president dismisses gay rights

Zimbabwe's president said Thursday that homosexuality doesn't belong in Zimbabwe and it violates women's rights by denying the union of men and women needed to bear children.

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UNSC 'tired, unfit for purpose': Amnesty
/RIA Novosti) The UN Security Council is suffering from a failure of leadership and looks "tired, out of step and increasingly unfit for purpose", human rights organisation Amnesty International has said in a report.

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