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Amnesty International

Amnesty International is a worldwide campaigning movement that works to promote all of the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights standards. Its mission is to undertake research and action focussed on preventing and ending grave abuses of the rights to physical and mental integrity, freedom of conscience and expression, and freedom from discrimination, within the context of its work to promote all human rights. Amnesty International has more than a million members and supporters in over 140 countries and territories. It is impartial and independent of any government, political persuasion or religious creed. It is financed largely by subscriptions and donations from its worldwide membership.  Website: www.amnesty.org

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Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's new sentence 'shameful' 11 August 2009

Category: Country Information | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi named Amnesty International's Ambassador of Conscience 28 July 2009

Category: Country Information | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

Opposition leader's detention keeps spotlight on Myanmar 1 June 2009

Category: Country Information | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

Political prisoners set free in Myanmar 24 February 2009

Category: Country Information | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

Myanmar minority group in peril 2 February 2009

Category: Country Information | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

Harsh sentences for Myanmar dissidents 13 November 2008

Category: Country Information | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

Myanmar: Harsh sentences for 14 dissidents reveal government's true intentions 11 November 2008

Category: Country Information | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

Released prisoner rearrested in Myanmar 26 September 2008

Category: Country Information | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

One of Myanmar's longest serving political prisoners released 23 September 2008

Category: Country Information | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

Myanmar: Freedom for U Win Tin but 2,100 political prisoners remain behind bars 23 September 2008

Category: Country Information | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News


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