http://www.newsvine.com/amnesty-internationalNewsvine - amnesty-internationalen-usCopyright 2013Thu, 11 Apr 2013 13:16:49 +0000Sun, 26 May 2013 00:46:45 +0000http://www.newsvine.comhttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/11/17702260-ukraine-urged-to-end-rampant-police-abusehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/11/17702260-ukraine-urged-to-end-rampant-police-abuseeuabuseukraineamnesty-internationalworld-newspolice-abusewhen-popovThu, 11 Apr 2013 10:14:45 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>David Diaz-Jogeix, Europe and Central Asia Deputy Programme Director with Amnesty International speaks during news conference in Kiev, Ukraine on Thursday, April 11, 2013. In a report released Thursday, Amnesty International says rampant beatings and torture at the hands of police go unpunished in Ukraine and urged the government to set up an independent body to investigate the crimes and bring those responsible to justice. (AP Photo/Maria Danilova)</p><p>Max Tucker, a campaigner on South Caucasus and Ukraine with Amnesty International speaks during news conference in Kiev, Ukraine on Thursday April 11, 2013. In a report released Thursday, Amnesty International says rampant beatings and torture at the hands of police go unpunished in Ukraine and urged the government to set up an independent body to investigate the crimes and bring those responsible to justice.(AP Photo/Maria Danilova)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/09/17676650-amnesty-progress-in-ending-global-death-penaltyhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/09/17676650-amnesty-progress-in-ending-global-death-penaltyglobalamnesty-internationalworld-newsexecutionsWed, 10 Apr 2013 00:02:34 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/25/17454342-russians-search-amnesty-intl-office-in-moscowhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/25/17454342-russians-search-amnesty-intl-office-in-moscoweurussia1stamnesty-internationalworld-newsvladimir-putinngosldwritethruMon, 25 Mar 2013 11:48:14 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/21/17398749-russian-officials-searching-human-rights-watchhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/21/17398749-russian-officials-searching-human-rights-watcheurussiaamnesty-internationalhuman-rights-watchworld-newsvladimir-putinngosrussia-ngosThu, 21 Mar 2013 10:08:41 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Oleg Orlov, member of Russian human rights group Memorial, talks to the media in his office in Moscow, Russia, on Thursday, March 21, 2013, as prosecutors search for documents pertaining to all of its activities. The media arrived at the offices after social media alerted them to the search, but were not able to view the search happening. Russian prosecutors are searching the offices of Memorial, one of the country’s oldest and most respected rights nongovernmental organizations NGOs, which used to be funded from the U.S. Agency for International Development USAID, but funding dried up after Russia kicked USAID out of the country last year. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)</p><p>People talk near the entrance to human rights group Memorial's office, in Moscow, Russia, on Thursday, March 21, 2013, as prosecutors search for documents pertaining to all of its activities. The media arrived at the offices after social media alerted them to the search, but were not able to witness the search happening. Russian prosecutors are searching the offices of Memorial, one of the country’s oldest and most respected rights nongovernmental organizations NGOs, which used to be funded from the U.S. Agency for International Development USAID, but funding dried up after Russia kicked USAID out of the country last year. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev) </p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/20/17384029-arms-transfers-fuel-instability-in-ivory-coasthttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/20/17384029-arms-transfers-fuel-instability-in-ivory-coastarmsamnesty-internationalivory-coastworld-newsafWed, 20 Mar 2013 10:19:15 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/26/17099594-ivory-coast-troubled-by-one-sided-justicehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/26/17099594-ivory-coast-troubled-by-one-sided-justicejusticeamnesty-internationalivory-coastworld-newslaurent-gbagboafTue, 26 Feb 2013 10:57:36 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE In this May 21, 2011 file photo, traditional hunters known as 'Dozo' line the road to hold back gathered crowds outside the venue for Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara's inauguration, in Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast. Two years after the country's violent postelection conflict, only supporters of former president Laurent Gbagbo have been charged for crimes, although it is widely acknowledged that abuses were committed on both sides. Meanwhile, violence continues to be inflicted with impunity on some Gbagbo supporters, preventing reconciliation in the country, according to a report issued Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013 by Amnesty International. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)</p><p>FILE In this May, 23, 2011 file photo, men look at the skulls of young brothers who witnesses said were killed in March 2011 by being locked inside a house that was then set on fire by Republican Forces soldiers allied with President Alassane Ouattara, in the village of Bably Vaya, near Blolequin, in western Ivory Coast. Two years after the postelection violence, only supporters of former president Laurent Gbagbo have been charged for crimes, although it is widely acknowledged that abuses were committed on both sides. Meanwhile, violence continues to be inflicted with impunity on some Gbagbo supporters, preventing reconciliation in the country, according to a report issued Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013 by Amnesty International.(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)</p><p>FILE In this June 1, 2011 file photo, soldiers allied with President Alassane Ouattara walk through a deserted remote campsite along the forest track leading from Blolequin, Ivory Coast toward western Ivory's Coast border with Liberia. Two years after the country's deadly postelection conflict, only supporters of former president Laurent Gbagbo have been charged for crimes, although it is widely acknowledged that abuses were committed on both sides. Meanwhile, violence continues to be inflicted with impunity on some Gbagbo supporters, preventing reconciliation in the country, according to a report issued Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013 by Amnesty International. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)</p><p>FILE In this April 12, 2011 file photo, President Alassane Ouattara meets with commanding officers from the republican forces, at the Golf Hotel in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, the day after the capture of former President Laurent Gbagbo. Two years after the country's deadly postelection standoff, only supporters of former president Gbagbo have been charged for crimes, although it is widely acknowledged that abuses were committed on both sides. Meanwhile, violence continues to be inflicted with impunity on some Gbagbo supporters, preventing reconciliation in the country, according to a report issued Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013 by Amnesty International.(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)</p><p>FILE In this May 30, 2011 file photo, Ivorian toddlers play alongside piled belongings in a classroom at the Catholic Mission, then serving as a camp for tens of thousands of area residents who fled the post-election violence, in Duekoue, in western Ivory Coast. Two years after the nation's deadly postelection standoff, only supporters of former president Laurent Gbagbo have been charged for crimes, although it is widely acknowledged that abuses were committed on both sides. Meanwhile, violence continues to be inflicted with impunity on some Gbagbo supporters, preventing reconciliation in the country, according to a report issued Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013 by Amnesty International. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)</p><p>FILE In this May 31, 2011 file photo, republican forces troops allied with President Alassane Ouattara sit guard as they drive through the village of Keibly, just outside Blolequin in western Ivory Coast. Two years after the postelection violence, only supporters of former president Laurent Gbagbo have been charged for crimes, although it is widely acknowledged that abuses were committed on both sides. Meanwhile, violence continues to be inflicted with impunity on some Gbagbo supporters, preventing reconciliation in the country, according to a report issued Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013 by Amnesty International. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/08/16898909-amnesty-fears-new-executions-in-zimbabwehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/08/16898909-amnesty-fears-new-executions-in-zimbabwezimbabweamnesty-internationalworld-newsafhangmanFri, 8 Feb 2013 15:06:12 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/20/16046018-amnesty-deplores-greeces-treatment-of-migrantshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/20/16046018-amnesty-deplores-greeces-treatment-of-migrantseuhuman-rightsgreeceamnesty-internationalworld-newsThu, 20 Dec 2012 18:21:25 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/17/15978964-amnesty-decries-migrant-exploitation-in-italyhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/17/15978964-amnesty-decries-migrant-exploitation-in-italyeuitalyworkersamnesty-internationalworld-newsmigrant-workersTue, 18 Dec 2012 02:38:31 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/16/15954369-paraguay-peasants-call-truce-on-land-killingshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/16/15954369-paraguay-peasants-call-truce-on-land-killingskillingslandamnesty-internationalworld-newsparaguayltMon, 17 Dec 2012 03:01:30 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/13/15879703-rights-group-accuses-pakistani-military-of-abusehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/13/15879703-rights-group-accuses-pakistani-military-of-abuseabusemilitaryamnesty-internationalworld-newsaspakistan-militaryThu, 13 Dec 2012 09:28:27 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this Thursday Oct. 2, 2003 file photo, a Pakistan army soldier guards captured al-Qaida activists and other militants at Angore Adda, in Pakistani tribal region near the Afghanistan border. Amnesty International has accused the Pakistani military of carrying out widespread human rights abuses in the country's northwest tribal region where the army is fighting a domestic Taliban insurgency. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash, File)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/03/15652530-amnesty-details-horrific-abuses-in-south-yemenhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/03/15652530-amnesty-details-horrific-abuses-in-south-yemenhuman-rightsyemenrightsamnesty-internationalworld-newsmlTue, 4 Dec 2012 00:04:34 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE -- In this Monday, Aug. 20, 2012 file photo a Yemeni boy holds a poster depicting his father, who was killed in an attack in the city of Aden by suspected al-Qaida militants, during his funeral in Sanaa, Yemen. Al-Qaida committed "horrific" rights abuses during its 16 months in power between February 2011 and June 2012 in southern Yemen, the London-based rights group Amnesty International charged in a report released Tuesday. The report also accuses Yemen's government of abuses. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)</p><p>FILE -- In this Tuesday, June 12, 2012 handout photo provided by the Yemen Defense Ministry, a Yemeni army soldier, left, flees for cover at the frontline of fighting with al-Qaida militants near the city of Zinjibar, Yemen. Al-Qaida committed "horrific" rights abuses during its 16 months in power between February 2011 and June 2012 in southern Yemen, the London-based rights group Amnesty International charged in a report released Tuesday. The report also accuses Yemen's government of abuses. (AP Photo/Yemen Defense Ministry, File)</p><p>FILE -- In this Thursday, June 14, 2012 file photo, a Yemeni tribesman loyal to the army stands guard at the local authority compound damaged in the city of Zinjibar, Yemen after the army retook the city from al-Qaida militants. Al-Qaida committed "horrific" rights abuses during its 16 months in power between February 2011 and June 2012 in southern Yemen, the London-based rights group Amnesty International charged in a report released Tuesday. The report also accuses Yemen's government of abuses. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)</p><p>FILE -- In this Monday, May 28, 2012 file photo, Yemenis hold candles during a rally to commemorate soldiers who were killed in a suicide bomb attack by suspected al-Qaida militants last week in Sanaa, Yemen. Al-Qaida committed "horrific" rights abuses during its 16 months in power between February 2011 and June 2012 in southern Yemen, the London-based rights group Amnesty International charged in a report released Tuesday. The report also accuses Yemen's government of abuses. The Arabic writing on the placards at left reads,"we will not allow you al-Qaida to kill our dreams," and at right,"our soldiers are our sons, what hurt to them hurt to us, we will not let them down and they will not let us down." (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/28/15504880-rights-group-south-korea-abusing-security-lawhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/28/15504880-rights-group-south-korea-abusing-security-lawskorealawsouth-koreaamnesty-internationalworld-newsassecurity-lawWed, 28 Nov 2012 09:13:11 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/20/15299534-amnesty-international-workers-start-strikehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/20/15299534-amnesty-international-workers-start-strikeeubritaininternationalamnesty-internationalworld-newsTue, 20 Nov 2012 08:52:12 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>People take part in a picket outside Amnesty International offices in London, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. Amnesty International workers in London walked off the job on Tuesday as the second strike in as many months raised questions about the organization's ability to remain one of the world's pre-eminent human rights advocates. Workers from Amnesty's international and local British operations picketed their London headquarters, an embarrassment to a group that campaigns for the rights of workers. The walkouts are a public airing of staff complaints that have been building for years, with tensions rising dramatically in recent weeks as Amnesty's international operations prepare to re-organize. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)</p><p>People hold candles and a placard as they take part in a picket outside Amnesty International offices in London, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. Amnesty International workers in London walked off the job on Tuesday as the second strike in as many months raised questions about the organization's ability to remain one of the world's pre-eminent human rights advocates. Workers from Amnesty's international and local British operations picketed their London headquarters, an embarrassment to a group that campaigns for the rights of workers. The walkouts are a public airing of staff complaints that have been building for years, with tensions rising dramatically in recent weeks as Amnesty's international operations prepare to re-organize. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/18/15259127-rights-group-bahrain-fails-on-reform-pledgehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/18/15259127-rights-group-bahrain-fails-on-reform-pledgeamnesty-internationalbahrainworld-newsmlSun, 18 Nov 2012 18:52:44 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Bahraini Justice Minister Sheik Khaled bin Ali Al Khalifa speaks during a press conference about the government efforts on Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (BICI) recommendations in Manama, Bahrain, Nov. 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/09/15056786-rights-group-condemns-killing-of-dominican-studenthttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/09/15056786-rights-group-condemns-killing-of-dominican-studentstudentkilledamnesty-internationaldominican-republicworld-newscbFri, 9 Nov 2012 22:50:59 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/31/14827689-car-bomb-kills-judge-in-syrian-capitalhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/31/14827689-car-bomb-kills-judge-in-syrian-capitalsyriaunited-statesamnesty-internationalworld-newsgolan-heightsbashar-assadmlthree-syrianWed, 31 Oct 2012 11:36:00 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>In this Monday, Oct. 29, 2012 photo, a rebel sniper aims at a Syrian army position, seen with another rebel fighter reflected in a mirror, in a residential building in the Jedida district of Aleppo, Syria. Syrian fighter jets pounded rebel areas across the country on Monday with scores of airstrikes that anti-regime activists called the most widespread bombing in a single day since Syria's troubles started 19 months ago. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras).</p><p>In this Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 photo, a rebel sniper belonging to the Liwa Al-Fatah keeps an eye on an enemy position from a school building during skirmishes with the Syrian army in the nearby Bustan Al-Pasha front line in Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)</p><p>In this Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 photo, night falls on a Syrian rebel checkpoint in the Bustan Al-Pasha neighborhood, the boundary of the area controlled by rebel fighters at the northeast limit of the Kurdish controlled area of Sheikh Maksoud in Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)</p><p>In this Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 photo, destroyed buildings are seen along a desolated street in the Bustan Al-Pasha district after several weeks of intense battles between rebel fighters and the Syrian army in Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)</p><p>In this Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 photo, a Syrian woman is stopped and questioned by rebels at a checkpoint in the Bustan Al-Pasha neighborhood, the boundary of the controlled area by rebel fighters at the northeast limit of Sheikh Maaksoud in Aleppo, the Syria. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)</p><p>In this Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 photo, rebel fighters belonging to the Liwa Al-Fatah keep an eye on an enemy position from a school building during skirmishes with the Syrian army in the nearby Bustan Al-Pasha front line in Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)</p><p>In this Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 photo, a rebel fighter belonging to the Liwa Al-Fatah takes cover as he aims at an enemy position from a school building during skirmishes with the Syrian army in the nearby Bustan Al-Pasha front line in Aleppo, Syria.(AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)</p><p>In this Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 photo, a Syrian woman is stopped and questioned by rebels at a checkpoint in the Bustan Al-Pasha neighborhood, the boundary of the controlled area by rebel fighters at the northeast limit of Sheikh Maaksoud in Aleppo, the Syria. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)</p><p>In this Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 photo, rebel fighters belonging to the Liwa Al-Fatah keep an eye on an enemy position from a school building during skirmishes with the Syrian army in the nearby Bustan Al-Pasha front line in Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)</p><p>In this Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 photo, a rebel fighter belonging to the Liwa Al-Fatah takes cover as he aims at an enemy position from a school building during skirmishes with the Syrian army in the nearby Bustan Al-Pasha front line in Aleppo, Syria.(AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)</p><p>FILE -- In this Thursday February 25, 2010 file photo, released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Hezbollah leader sheik Hassan Nasrallah, right, speaks with Syrian President Bashar Assad, left, upon their arrival for a dinner, in Damascus, Syria. The powerful alliance of Iran, Syria and militant groups Hezbollah and Hamas, once dubbed the "Axis of Resistance," is fraying. Iran's economy shows signs of distress from nuclear sanctions, Syria's president is fighting for his survival, Hezbollah is under fire by Lebanese who blame it for the assassination of an anti-Syrian intelligence official and Hamas &#8212; the Palestinian arm &#8212; has bolted. (AP Photo/SANA, File) </p><p>In this picture taken on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, a citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network, ENN, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, a Syrian man mourns as he holds the body of a young girl, who was killed in shelling of the Syrian forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad, at Kfar Batikh village, in Idlib province, northern Syria. Syrian warplanes fired missiles at opposition strongholds around Damascus and in the north on Wednesday as Turkey, a key backer of the anti-regime rebels, appeared to distance itself from an earlier call to impose a no-fly zone. (AP Photo/Idlib News Network ENN)</p><p>Un conjunto de edificios luce destruido después de las intensas batallas que por semanas han sostenido rebeldes y el ejército sirio, en una de las calles del distrito de Bustan Al-Pasha en Aleppo, Siria, el martes 30 de octubre de 2012. El régimen sirio ha intensificado sus ataques aéreos en días recientes tras el fracaso de una tregua respaldada por Naciones Unidas. (Foto AP/Narciso Contreras)</p><p>In this picture taken on Wednesday Oct. 31, 2012, a citizen journalism image provided by Lens Young Homsi, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, buildings which were destroyed from the shelling by Syrian forces loyal to Syrian president Bashar Assad, at al-Qossour neighborhood in Homs province, central Syria. Syrian warplanes fired missiles at opposition strongholds around Damascus and in the north on Wednesday as Turkey, a key backer of the anti-regime rebels, appeared to distance itself from an earlier call to impose a no-fly zone. (AP Photo/Lens Yong Homsi)</p><p>In this picture taken on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, a citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network, ENN, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, the bodies of two young Syrian girls, who were killed by the shelling by Syrian forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad, lie on a hospital bed at Kfar Batikh village, in Idlib province, northern Syria. Syrian warplanes fired missiles at opposition strongholds around Damascus and in the north on Wednesday as Turkey, a key backer of the anti-regime rebels, appeared to distance itself from an earlier call to impose a no-fly zone. (AP Photo/Idlib News Network ENN)</p><p>In this picture taken on Wednesday Oct. 31, 2012, a citizen journalism image provided by Lens Young Homsi, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, buildings which were destroyed from the shelling by Syrian forces loyal to Syrian president Bashar Assad, at al-Qossour neighborhood in Homs province, central Syria. Syrian warplanes fired missiles at opposition strongholds around Damascus and in the north on Wednesday as Turkey, a key backer of the anti-regime rebels, appeared to distance itself from an earlier call to impose a no-fly zone. (AP Photo/Lens Yong Homsi)</p><p>In this Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012 photo, a rebel fighter prepares to fire on pro-government forces in the Karm al-Jebel neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria. Violent clashes re-ignited along the city's frontline while government warplanes attacked rebel controlled areas throughout the financial capital of Syria's largest city. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras).</p><p>In this Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012 photo, rebel fighters watch over their enemy's position as they prepare themselves to shoot an shoulder-fired rocket towards an army tank in the Karm al-Jebel neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria. Violent clashes re-ignited along the city's frontline while government warplanes attacked rebel controlled areas throughout the financial capital of Syria's largest city. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras).</p><p>In this Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012 photo, rebel fighters watch over their enemy's position as they prepare themselves to shoot a shoulder-fired rocket towards a Syrian army tank in the Karm al-Jebel neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria. Violent clashes re-ignited along the city's frontline while government warplanes attacked rebel controlled areas throughout the financial capital of Syria's largest city. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras).</p><p>In this Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012 photo, a shocked Syrian civilian cries after arriving to a hospital injured from an aerial attack by government forces in the Karm al-Aser neighborhood in Aleppo, Syria. Violent clashes re-ignited along the city's frontline while government warplanes attacked rebel controlled areas throughout the financial capital of Syria's largest city. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras).</p><p>In this Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012 photo, rebel fighters watch over enemy positions as they wait for Syrian army troops to enter a street during clashes in the Karmal Jabl battlefield in Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)</p><p>In this Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012 photo, rebel fighters run for cover at the front line during clashes in the Karmal Jabl battlefield in Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)</p><p>In this Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012 photo, a rebel fighter is reflected on a mirror inside a bedroom as he watches over enemy positions during clashes in the Karmal Jabl battlefield in Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)</p><p>In this Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012 photo, a rebel fighter aims at an enemy position as he watches over a street where Syrian army troops attempted to enter during clashes in the Karmal Jabl battlefield in Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)</p><p>In this Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012 photo, a general view of a front line street destroyed by heavy shelling and fighting is seen in the Karmal Jabl battlefield in Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)</p><p>In this Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012 photo, a pile of shoes covered by blood from wounded or dead residents lies at the entrance of the emergency ward at a hospital in the Tarik Al-Bab neighborhood in Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)</p><p>In this Thursday November 1, 2012 citizen journalism image, provided by Edlib News Network, ENN, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows a mosque which was destroyed in shelling by Syrian forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad, in the village of Taftanaz, Idlib province, northern Syria. Syrian rebels killed more than 75 soldiers on Thursday, about half of them in attacks on military checkpoints in the north just hours after a wave of bombings hit the Damascus area, activists said. The unusually high toll for regime forces came after days of intense air bombardment of rebel positions around the country that killed hundreds. (AP Photo/Edlib News Network ENN)</p><p>In this Thursday November 1, 2012 citizen journalism image, provided by Edlib News Network, ENN, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, a Syrian child who fled with her family from the violence in their village, sits on the ground in a refugee camp, in the Syrian village of Qatma, near the Turkish border with Syria. Syrian rebels killed more than 75 soldiers on Thursday, about half of them in attacks on military checkpoints in the north just hours after a wave of bombings hit the Damascus area, activists said. The unusually high toll for regime forces came after days of intense air bombardment of rebel positions around the country that killed hundreds. (AP Photo/Edlib News Network ENN)</p><p>In this frame grab from amateur video taken Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012, and provided by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights via AP video, an alleged rebel gunman steps on a captured soldier lying on the ground in Saraqeb, northern Syria. Later in the video, the rebels appear to kill the group of captured soldiers, spraying them with bullets as they lie on the ground. This image from video obtained from the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has been authenticated based on the video and audio translated and content checked by regional experts against known locations and events, as well as being consistent with independent AP reporting. (AP Photo/Syrian Observatory for Human Rights via AP video)</p><p>In this frame grab from amateur video taken Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012, and provided by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights via AP video, captured soldiers lie on the ground in Saraqeb, northern Syria. Later in the video, alleged rebels appear to kill the group of captured soldiers, spraying them with bullets as they lie on the ground. This image from video obtained from the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has been authenticated based on the video and audio translated and content checked by regional experts against known locations and events, as well as being consistent with independent AP reporting. (AP Photo/Syrian Observatory for Human Rights via AP video)</p><p>In this frame grab from amateur video taken Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012, and provided by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights via AP video, captured soldiers lie on the ground in Saraqeb, northern Syria. Later in the video, alleged rebels appear to kill the group of captured soldiers, spraying them with bullets as they lie on the ground. This image from video obtained from the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has been authenticated based on the video and audio translated and content checked by regional experts against known locations and events, as well as being consistent with independent AP reporting. (AP Photo/Syrian Observatory for Human Rights via AP video)</p><p>In this Friday, Nov. 02, 2012 photo, a sniper line-of-fire is seen through the scope of a rebel fighter's gun in the Karm al-Jebel neighborhood in Aleppo, Syria. U.N. officials and human rights groups believe President Bashar Assad's regime is responsible for the bulk of suspected war crimes in Syria's 19-month-old conflict, which began as a largely peaceful uprising but has transformed into a brutal civil war. However a video that appears to show a unit of Syrian rebels kicking terrified, captured soldiers and then executing them with machine guns raised concerns Friday about rebel brutality at a time when the United States is making its strongest push yet to forge an opposition movement it can work with. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)</p><p>In this Friday, Nov. 02, 2012 photo, Syrian residents run for cover to an underground basement as an attack by Syrian army heavy artillery hits an apartment compound of rebel fighter's families in Aleppo, Syria. U.N. officials and human rights groups believe President Bashar Assad's regime is responsible for the bulk of suspected war crimes in Syria's 19-month-old conflict, which began as a largely peaceful uprising but has transformed into a brutal civil war. However a video that appears to show a unit of Syrian rebels kicking terrified, captured soldiers and then executing them with machine guns raised concerns Friday about rebel brutality at a time when the United States is making its strongest push yet to forge an opposition movement it can work with. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)</p><p>In this Friday, Nov. 02, 2012 photo, a rebel fighter walks among the debris of damaged residential buildings after several days of intense fighting between rebel fighters and the Syrian army in the Karm al-Jebel neighborhood in Aleppo, Syria. U.N. officials and human rights groups believe President Bashar Assad's regime is responsible for the bulk of suspected war crimes in Syria's 19-month-old conflict, which began as a largely peaceful uprising but has transformed into a brutal civil war. However a video that appears to show a unit of Syrian rebels kicking terrified, captured soldiers and then executing them with machine guns raised concerns Friday about rebel brutality at a time when the United States is making its strongest push yet to forge an opposition movement it can work with. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)</p><p>In this Friday, Nov. 02, 2012 photo, a rebel fighter walks among the debris of damaged residential buildings after several days of intense fighting between rebel fighters and the Syrian army in the Karm al-Jebel neighborhood in Aleppo, Syria. U.N. officials and human rights groups believe President Bashar Assad's regime is responsible for the bulk of suspected war crimes in Syria's 19-month-old conflict, which began as a largely peaceful uprising but has transformed into a brutal civil war. However a video that appears to show a unit of Syrian rebels kicking terrified, captured soldiers and then executing them with machine guns raised concerns Friday about rebel brutality at a time when the United States is making its strongest push yet to forge an opposition movement it can work with. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)</p><p>In this Friday, Nov. 02, 2012 photo, a rebel fighter walks across the debris of damaged residential buildings in Karm al-Jebel after several days of intense clashes between rebel fighters and the Syrian army in Aleppo, the Syria. U.N. officials and human rights groups believe President Bashar Assad's regime is responsible for the bulk of suspected war crimes in Syria's 19-month-old conflict, which began as a largely peaceful uprising but has transformed into a brutal civil war. However a video that appears to show a unit of Syrian rebels kicking terrified, captured soldiers and then executing them with machine guns raised concerns Friday about rebel brutality at a time when the United States is making its strongest push yet to forge an opposition movement it can work with. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)</p><p>In this Friday, Nov. 02, 2012 photo, an injured rebel fighter lies on a trolley as he gets emergency medical assistance at a hospital in Aleppo, Syria. U.N. officials and human rights groups believe President Bashar Assad's regime is responsible for the bulk of suspected war crimes in Syria's 19-month-old conflict, which began as a largely peaceful uprising but has transformed into a brutal civil war. However a video that appears to show a unit of Syrian rebels kicking terrified, captured soldiers and then executing them with machine guns raised concerns Friday about rebel brutality at a time when the United States is making its strongest push yet to forge an opposition movement it can work with. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)</p><p>In this Friday, Nov. 02, 2012 photo, damaged buildings are seen along a desolated street in the Karm al-Jebel battlefield after several days of intense clashes between rebel fighters and the Syrian army in Aleppo, the Syria. U.N. officials and human rights groups believe President Bashar Assad's regime is responsible for the bulk of suspected war crimes in Syria's 19-month-old conflict, which began as a largely peaceful uprising but has transformed into a brutal civil war. However a video that appears to show a unit of Syrian rebels kicking terrified, captured soldiers and then executing them with machine guns raised concerns Friday about rebel brutality at a time when the United States is making its strongest push yet to forge an opposition movement it can work with. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)</p><p>In this Saturday, Nov. 03, 2012 photo, a rebel fighter carries an improvised explosive device as they try to repel a coordinated attack using mortar, tank and aerial artillery fire carried out by loyalists to President Bashar Assad in the Jedida district of Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)</p><p>In this Saturday, Nov. 03, 2012 photo, rebel fighters run for cover through smoke from an explosion as they try to repel a coordinated attack using mortar, tank and aerial artillery fire by loyalists to President Bashar Assad in the Jedida district of Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)</p><p>In this Saturday, Nov. 03, 2012 photo, smoke rises from an explosion as loyalists to President Bashar Assad launch a coordinated attack using mortar, tank and aerial artillery on rebel positions in the Jedida district of Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)</p><p>In this Saturday, Nov. 03, 2012 photo, rebel fighters sneak through residential buildings as they try to repel a coordinated attack using mortar, tank and aerial artillery carried out by loyalists to President Bashar Assad in the Jedida district of Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)</p><p>In this Saturday, Nov. 03, 2012 photo, rebel fighters carry an improvised explosive device as they try to repel a coordinated attack using mortar, tank and aerial artillery fire carried out by loyalists to President Bashar Assad in the Jedida district of Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)</p><p>In this Saturday, Nov. 03, 2012 photo, a rebel fighter keep an eye towards overlooking windows as he awaits for loyalists to President Bashar Assad to appear during a coordinated attack on rebels using mortar, tank and aerial artillery fire in the Jedida district of Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)</p><p>In this Saturday, Nov. 03, 2012 photo, a rebel fighter watches windows in an overlooking building as he awaits for loyalists to President Bashar Assad to appear during heavy fighting in the Jedida district of Aleppo, Syria.(AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)</p><p>In this Saturday, Nov. 03, 2012 photo, a rebel fighter takes cover as he looks back up at a warplane attacking rebel positions during heavy clashes between rebel fighters and the Syrian army (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)</p><p>En esta foto del 3 de noviembre del 2012, combatientes rebeldes se parapetan tras una explosión durante combates con el ejército del presidente sirio Bashar Assad en Alepo (AP Foto/Narciso Contreras)</p><p>A Syrian family who fled the violence in their village, set up a fire inside their tent at a camp in the Syrian village of Atma, near the Turkish border with Syria, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012.(AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)</p><p>In this Sunday, Nov. 04, 2012 photo, a rebel fighter aims a shoulder-fired missile toward a building where Syrian troops loyal to President Bashar Assad are hiding while they attempt to gain terrain against the rebels during heavy clashes in the Jedida district of Aleppo, Syria. The uprising against Assad started with peaceful demonstrations in March last year, but has since morphed into a bloody civil war. Activists say more than 36,000 people have been killed in 19 months of fighting. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)</p><p>In this Sunday, Nov. 04, 2012 photo, a rebel sniper aims through a hole in the wall that overlooks a position held by Syrian troops loyal to President Bashar Assad hidden in a nearby building as they attempt to gain ground on the rebel lines during heavy clashes in the Jedida district of Aleppo, Syria. The uprising against Assad started with peaceful demonstrations in March last year, but has since morphed into a bloody civil war. Activists say more than 36,000 people have been killed in 19 months of fighting. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)</p><p>In this Sunday, Nov. 04, 2012 photo, a rebel fighter fires a gun toward a building where Syrian troops loyal to President Bashar Assad are hiding while they attempt to gain terrain against the rebels during heavy clashes in the Jedida district of Aleppo, Syria. The uprising against Assad started with peaceful demonstrations in March last year, but has since morphed into a bloody civil war. Activists say more than 36,000 people have been killed in 19 months of fighting. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)</p><p>In this Sunday, Nov. 04, 2012 photo, rebel fighters watch as smoke rises after Syrian government forces fired an artillery round at a rebel position during heavy clashes in the Jedida district of Aleppo, Syria. The uprising against President Bashar Assad started with peaceful demonstrations in March last year, but has since morphed into a bloody civil war. Activists say more than 36,000 people have been killed in 19 months of fighting. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras) </p><p>In this Sunday, Nov. 04, 2012 photo, a rebel fighter claims for victory after he fires a shoulder-fired missile toward a building where Syrian troops loyal to President Bashar Assad are hiding while they attempt to gain terrain against the rebels during heavy clashes in the Jedida district of Aleppo, Syria. The uprising against Assad started with peaceful demonstrations in March last year, but has since morphed into a bloody civil war. Activists say more than 36,000 people have been killed in 19 months of fighting. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)</p><p>In this Sunday, Nov. 04, 2012 photo, a rebel fighter prepares to throw a homemade grenade toward Syrian troops loyal to President Bashar Assad who are hiding in a nearby building as they attempt to gain ground against rebel lines during heavy clashes in the Jedida district of Aleppo, Syria. The uprising against Assad started with peaceful demonstrations in March last year, but has since morphed into a bloody civil war. Activists say more than 36,000 people have been killed in 19 months of fighting. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)</p><p>In this Sunday, Nov. 04, 2012 photo, a damaged building is seen through a window after several weeks of intense battles between rebel fighters and the Syrian army in the Jedida district of Aleppo, Syria. The uprising against President Bashar Assad started with peaceful demonstrations in March last year, but has since morphed into a bloody civil war. Activists say more than 36,000 people have been killed in 19 months of fighting. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)</p><p>This photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows Syrians standing at the scene after a blast occurred according to footage and reports shown on State-run Al-Ikhbariya television in the Mazzeh al-Jabal district of the Syrian capital Damascus, Syria, Monday, Nov. 5, 2012. Several people were killed and injured, among them children, Al-Ikhbaria said. (AP Photo/SANA)</p><p>This photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows Syrians pushing a burnt car at the scene after a blast occurred according to footage and reports shown on State-run Al-Ikhbariya television in the Mazzeh al-Jabal district of the Syrian capital Damascus, Syria, Monday, Nov. 5, 2012. Several people were killed and injured, among them children, Al-Ikhbaria said. (AP Photo/SANA)</p><p>This photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows a Syrian man helping an injured man at the scene after a blast occurred according to footage and reports shown on State-run Al-Ikhbariya television in the Mazzeh al-Jabal district of the Syrian capital Damascus, Syria, Monday, Nov. 5, 2012. Several people were killed and injured, among them children, Al-Ikhbaria said. (AP Photo/SANA)</p><p>A Syrian girl who fled with her family from the violence in their village, washes clothes at a displaced camp, in the Syrian village of Atma, near the Turkish border with Syria, Monday, Nov. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)</p><p>A Syrian boy who fled with his family from the violence in their village, cries as he waits to fill water at a displaced camp, in the Syrian village of Atma, near the Turkish border with Syria, Monday, Nov. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)</p><p>A Syrian boy who fled with his family from the violence in their village, stands next to a tent at a displaced camp, in the Syrian village of Atma, near the Turkish border with Syria, Monday, Nov. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)</p><p>A Syrian family who fled from the violence in their village, sit in a tent at a displaced camp, in the Syrian village of Atma, near the Turkish border with Syria, Monday, Nov. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)</p><p>This photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows Syrians standing at the scene after a blast occurred according to footage and reports shown on State-run Al-Ikhbariya television in the Mazzeh al-Jabal district of the Syrian capital Damascus, Syria, Monday, Nov. 5, 2012. Several people were killed and injured, among them children, Al-Ikhbaria said. (AP Photo/SANA)</p><p>A Syrian baby cries as he lays on a swing attached to a tree at a displaced camp, in the Syrian village of Atma, near the Turkish border with Syria, Monday, Nov. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)</p><p>A Syrian boy who fled with his family from the violence in their village, carries water bottles at a displaced camp, in the Syrian village of Atma, near the Turkish border with Syria, Monday, Nov. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)</p><p>A Syrian girl who fled with her family from the violence in their village, rests at a displaced camp, in the Syrian village of Atma, near the Turkish border with Syria, Monday, Nov. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)</p><p>Syrian girls who fled from the violence in their village, wash their clothes at a displaced camp, in the Syrian village of Atma, near the Turkish border with Syria, Monday, Nov. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)</p><p>Syrian families who fled from the violence in their villages, wash their clothes at a displaced camp, in the Syrian village of Atma, near the Turkish border with Syria, Monday, Nov. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)</p><p>Two Syrian women who fled from the violence in their village, carry washed clothes over their heads at a displaced camp, in the Syrian village of Atma, near the Turkish border with Syria, Monday, Nov. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)</p><p>A Syrian girl who fled with her family from the violence in their village, washes clothes at a displaced camp, in the Syrian village of Atma, near the Turkish border with Syria, Monday, Nov. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)</p><p>A Syrian boy who fled with his family from the violence in their village, sits on a swing at a displaced camp, in the Syrian village of Atma, near the Turkish border with Syria. Monday, Nov. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)</p><p>This image taken from video obtained from Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows a man gesturing toward buildings destroyed in heavy bombing from military warplanes in Houla, Syria, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said air raids on Houla, a group of villages in central province of Homs, killed several people.(AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)</p><p>This image taken from video obtained from Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows a man injured by heavy bombing from military warplanes being treated in a hospital in Houla, Syria, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said air raids on Houla, a group of villages in central province of Homs, killed several people.(AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)</p><p>This image taken from video obtained from Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, men running during heavy bombing from military warplanes in Houla, Syria, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said air raids on Houla, a group of villages in central province of Homs, killed several people.(AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)</p><p>This image taken from video obtained from Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows smoke rising from the city during heavy bombing from military warplanes, in Houla, Syria, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said air raids on Houla, a group of villages in central province of Homs, killed several people.(AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)</p><p>This photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows a damaged vehicle at the scene after an attack in Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/SANA)</p><p>This photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows Syrians standing near a damaged vehicle at the scene after an attack in Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/SANA)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/26/14720477-amnesty-int-ivory-coast-torturing-detaineeshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/26/14720477-amnesty-int-ivory-coast-torturing-detaineesamnesty-internationaltortureivory-coastworld-newsafFri, 26 Oct 2012 13:27:04 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/17/14503655-amnesty-international-workers-go-on-strikehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/17/14503655-amnesty-international-workers-go-on-strikeeubritainamnesty-internationalworld-newsWed, 17 Oct 2012 09:59:49 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/10/14351661-amnesty-forced-home-evictions-are-rising-in-chinahttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/10/14351661-amnesty-forced-home-evictions-are-rising-in-chinachinaamnesty-internationalworld-newsasevictionsforced-evictionsThu, 11 Oct 2012 02:19:15 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/08/14287781-arrested-maldives-ex-president-denies-chargeshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/08/14287781-arrested-maldives-ex-president-denies-chargespoliticsamnesty-internationalworld-newsasmaldivesmohamed-nasheedMon, 8 Oct 2012 08:10:29 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>In this photo released by Maldivian Democratic Party Secretariat, Maldives' police personnel escort former President Mohamed Nasheed, center left, after he was arrested on Fares-Mathoda island, in the Gaaf Dhaal atoll, around 440 kilometers (273 miles) away from the capital Male, Maldives, Monday, Oct. 8, 2012. Police in the Maldives arrested Nasheed on Monday after he twice failed to appear before a court to face charges that he illegally ordered the arrest of a judge while in office. (AP Photo/Maldivian Democratic Party Secretariat)</p><p>FILE - In this Feb. 10, 2012 file photo, Maldives' former President Mohamed Nasheed waves as he walks back home after prayers in Male, Maldives. Police in the Maldives arrested Nasheed on Monday, Oct. 8, 2012, after he twice failed to appear before a court to face charges that he illegally ordered the arrest of a judge while in office. (AP Photo/Sinan Hussain, File)</p><p>Maldives' former President Mohamed Nasheed walks escorted by policemen towards a court in Male, Maldives, Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012. Nasheed was taken into custody Monday after he twice failed to appear in court to face charges that he illegally ordered the arrest of a judge while in office. Amnesty International says it is concerned by reports that police in the Maldives used excessive force when arresting Nasheed. (AP Photo/Sinan Hussain)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/02/14179646-rights-group-egypt-must-tackle-legacy-of-abusehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/02/14179646-rights-group-egypt-must-tackle-legacy-of-abuseegyptamnestyamnesty-internationalworld-newshosni-mubarakmlTue, 2 Oct 2012 10:01:49 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this Friday, Dec. 16, 2011 file photo, Egyptian army soldiers, background, arrest a woman protester during clashes near Cairo's downtown Tahrir Square, Egypt. Amnesty International warned Tuesday that the practice of impunity for Egyptian police and military continued even after regime change and Hosni Mubarak’s ouster, and urged the country’s newly elected leader to deal with this "bloody legacy" by bringing to justice those responsible for killing, maiming and abusing protesters. (AP Photo/Ahmed Ali, File)</p><p>FILE - In this Friday, May 4, 2012 file photo, a protester, right, waves a stick at Egyptian soldiers during clashes outside the Ministry of Defense in Cairo, Egypt. Amnesty International warned Tuesday that the practice of impunity for Egyptian police and military continued even after regime change and Hosni Mubarak’s ouster, and urged the country’s newly elected leader to deal with this "bloody legacy" by bringing to justice those responsible for killing, maiming and abusing protesters. (AP Photo/Ahmed Gomaa, File)</p><p>FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012 file photo, Egyptian protesters run during clashes with riot police, background, outside the U.S. embassy in Cairo, Egypt. Amnesty International warned Tuesday that the practice of impunity for Egyptian police and military continued even after regime change and Hosni Mubarak’s ouster, and urged the country’s newly elected leader to deal with this "bloody legacy" by bringing to justice those responsible for killing, maiming and abusing protesters. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser, File)</p><p>FILE - In this Friday, Dec. 16, 2011 file photo, Egyptian army soldiers arrest a woman protester during clashes with military police near Cairo's downtown Tahrir Square. Amnesty International warned Tuesday that the practice of impunity for Egyptian police and military continued even after regime change and Hosni Mubarak’s ouster, and urged the country’s newly elected leader to deal with this "bloody legacy" by bringing to justice those responsible for killing, maiming and abusing protesters. (AP Photo, File)</p><p>FILE - In this Sunday, Oct. 9, 2011 file photo, Two army soldiers run after Egyptian Coptic demonstrators by a burning civilian vehicle during cashes with Egyptian Army soldiers following a Copts demonstration in Cairo, Egypt. Amnesty International warned Tuesday that the practice of impunity for Egyptian police and military continued even after regime change and Hosni Mubarak’s ouster, and urged the country’s newly elected leader to deal with this "bloody legacy" by bringing to justice those responsible for killing, maiming and abusing protesters. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser, File)</p><p>In this image taken from video obtained from the Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, smoke rises from buildings due to government shelling in Idlib province, northern Syria, on Monday, Oct. 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)</p><p>FILE - In this Friday, May 4, 2012 file photo, a protester, right, waves a stick at Egyptian soldiers during clashes outside the Ministry of Defense in Cairo, Egypt. Amnesty International warned Tuesday that the practice of impunity for Egyptian police and military continued even after regime change and Hosni Mubarak’s ouster, and urged the country’s newly elected leader to deal with this "bloody legacy" by bringing to justice those responsible for killing, maiming and abusing protesters. (AP Photo/Ahmed Gomaa, File)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/25/14090135-britain-urged-to-investigate-trafigura-scandalhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/25/14090135-britain-urged-to-investigate-trafigura-scandalamnesty-internationalivory-coastwest-africanworld-newsaftrafiguraTue, 25 Sep 2012 11:05:10 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2006 file photo, waste removal experts work to remove hazardous black sludge from a garbage dump in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. A new report published Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012 is calling on British authorities to investigate multinational oil trader Trafigura over a 2006 toxic waste dumping scandal that killed at least 15 people and affected tens of thousands more in Ivory Coast's commercial capital of Abidjan.(AP Photo, File)</p><p>FILE - In this Sept. 26, 2006 file photo, a woman who did not want to be identified, claiming that she has lung damage after a toxic waste discharge in Abidjan, holds up her lung x-ray at a hospital in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. A new report published Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012 is calling on British authorities to investigate multinational oil trader Trafigura over a 2006 toxic waste dumping scandal that killed at least 15 people and affected tens of thousands more in Ivory Coast's commercial capital of Abidjan.(AP Photo, File) </p><p>ADDS ATTRIBUTION TO IVORIAN AUTHORITIES FILE In this Sept. 17, 2006 file photo, waste removal experts work to remove hazardous black sludge from a garbage dump in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. A new report published Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012 is calling on British authorities to investigate multinational oil trader Trafigura over a 2006 toxic waste dumping scandal that Ivorian authorities say killed at least 15 people and affected tens of thousands more in Ivory Coast's commercial capital of Abidjan.(AP Photo, File)</p><p>ADDS ATTRIBUTION TO IVORIAN AUTHORITIES - FILE - In this Sept. 26, 2006 file photo, a woman who did not want to be identified, claiming that she has lung damage after a toxic waste discharge in Abidjan, holds up her lung x-ray at a hospital in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. A new report published Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012 is calling on British authorities to investigate multinational oil trader Trafigura over a 2006 toxic waste dumping scandal that Ivorian authorities say killed at least 15 people and affected tens of thousands more in Ivory Coast's commercial capital of Abidjan.(AP Photo, File)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/21/14015640-yoko-ono-bestows-peace-grant-on-pussy-riothttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/21/14015640-yoko-ono-bestows-peace-grant-on-pussy-riotentertainmentonoyoko-onoamnesty-internationalpussy-riotFri, 21 Sep 2012 18:32:33 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Yoko Ono, right, and Pussy Riot member Nadia Tolokonnikova’s husband Pyotr Verzilov and daughter Gera pose for photographers after Ono presented Verzilov the LennonOno Grant for Peace Friday, Sept. 21, 2012 in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)</p><p>Yoko Ono, right, is joined by Amnesty International USA Executive Director Suzanne Nossel, second from right, as she present the LennonOno Grant for Peace to Pussy Riot member Nadia Tolokonnikova’s husband Pyotr Verzilov, second from left, and daughter Gera, Friday, Sept. 21, 2012 in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/18/13945683-amnesty-indiscriminate-attacks-maiming-syrianshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/18/13945683-amnesty-indiscriminate-attacks-maiming-syriansamnestysyriaamnesty-internationalworld-newsmlTue, 18 Sep 2012 23:02:16 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post