Author Archives: Conor Fortune

Dissent still under attack in post-Mubarak Egypt

Posted on 3 May 2013 by Conor Fortune

By Diana Eltahawy, Egypt Researcher at Amnesty International While the world is celebrating the 20th World Press Freedom Day on 3 May, the crackdown on freedom of speech and dissent continues unabated in post-Mubarak Egypt. Instead of drawing from the … Continue reading →

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Amnesty International and Russia’s stifled voices

Posted on 3 May 2013 by Conor Fortune

By Lydia Aroyo, Europe and Central Asia Press Officer at Amnesty International, who recently returned from Moscow. The press centre of the Russian Interfax news agency was rapidly filling up with journalists and the pile of press packs that we … Continue reading →

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In Aceh there is peace but no justice

Posted on 2 May 2013 by Conor Fortune

By Olof Blomqvist, Asia-Pacific Press Officer at Amnesty International, who recently returned from Indonesia Simpang KKA was once known as a junction near a paper and pulp mill in Aceh, a region on the northern part of Indonesia’s Sumatra Island. … Continue reading →

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Libyan militias fighting to hold on to their grip on power

Posted on 30 April 2013 by Conor Fortune

Amnesty International researchers have been in Libya looking at what’s happened in the country since the downfall of former leader Muammar al-Gaddafi. This is what they found: The number of armed men at checkpoints, hanging about on street corners and … Continue reading →

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