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Iran stoning sentence suspension not enough

The suspension of the stoning to death of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani's does not go far enough. The death sentence against her should be completely overturned.

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Communications Coordinator - Justin Moran
01 863 8334, 085 814 8986, jmoran@amnesty.ie

Mental Health Campaign Communications Officer - Pippa Woolnough
01 863 8312, 085 835 3757, pwoolnough@amnesty.ie

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We are delighted to announce that Amnesty International Ireland will be back Electric Picnic 2010.

Thousands of young people in schools and youth clubs around the country love celebrating Friendship Day each year. If you are involved with young people you can organise your own Friendship Day whenever suits you.

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Poems from Guantánamo, the detainees speak

Poetry Podcast (mp3 download)

In the past six years, at least 775 men have been held in the U.S detention centre at Guantánamo Bay. The men detained in the prison camp are routinely held in solitary confinement, condemned without a fair trail, many of them tortured.