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(CNN) -- At least 840 people were killed and more than 6,000 injured during the Egyptian revolution earlier this year as then-President Hosni Mubarak clung to power through violence and intimidation, Amnesty International said in a report Thursday. Though protesters ultimately ousted Mubarak...

(CNN) -- At least 840 people were killed and more than 6,000 injured during the Egyptian revolution earlier this year as then-President Hosni Mubarak clung to power through violence and intimidation, Amnesty International said in a report Thursday. Though protesters ultimately ousted Mubarak...

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Morocco urged to release three activists CASABLANCA, Morocco, -- A human rights group is urging Moroccan authorities to release three Sahwari activists facing trial after visiting Algerian refugee camps. Brahim Dahane, Ali Salem Tamek and Ahmed Nasiri are among a number of Sahrawi...

Human rights group wants author released SINGAPORE, The British author of a book critical of Singapore's death penalty who was arrested by Singapore authorities must be released, a human rights group says. Alan Shadrake, was arrested July 18 on charges of criminal defamation relating to his...

Court negates right-wing amnesty law JERUSALEM, Israel's High Court of Justice ruled Sunday a law giving amnesty to non-violent protesters against the 2005 Israeli pullout from Gaza is illegal. The court said the law harms equality and told the government to explain within 90 days why it...

Fears persist Iran won't end stoning LONDON, (UPI) -- Iran spared a 43-year-old woman from execution by stoning for adultery but at least 10 others on death row face possible stoning, human rights activists say. In a last-minute reprieve, the Iranian Embassy in London announced Thursday...

Report seeks help for women in slums NAIROBI, Kenya, (UPI) -- Kenyan women in Nairobi's slums are so afraid of sexual assault they won't leave their homes at night to use communal bathroom facilities, a new report says. The report, prepared by Amnesty International, calls on the government of...

Thailand mulls amnesty for protesters BANGKOK, (UPI) -- Thailand says it is considering amnesty for demonstrating Red Shirts who violated the emergency decree set by the government. Tharit Pengdit, chief of the Department of Special Investigation of the Center for the Resolution of the...

PORT HARCOURT (Reuters) – Three militant leaders in Nigeria's oil heartland want concrete plans for fighters who disarm and a clearer government commitment to develop the region before they accept amnesty, sources close to the talks say. Security and federal officials said on Tuesday Ateke Tom...