Amnesty International urges ban on Taser use
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Taser electric stun guns are being used by police officers to routinely shock people who are mentally disturbed or who simply refuse to obey commands, according to an Amnesty International report released today.
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Human rights group Amnesty International calls on Iran to halt the execution of child offenders.
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TORONTO (CP) - The lingering controversy over Tasers flared again Tuesday in Canada's most populous city, with Ontario's community safety minister declaring the stun guns a "better alternative" to lethal force and Toronto police calling for 500 more to equip senior frontline officers.
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Governments and armed groups are deliberately fomenting fear to erode human rights worldwide, Amnesty says.
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Amnesty International calls on the authorities of Serbia and Montenegro to resolve the contradictions surrounding the deaths of two soldiers.
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Stun gun maker Taser International Inc. on Monday said it won US government approval to use its products on some commercial airline flights to protect passengers from potential harm.
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Amnesty International urges Iran to drop death by stoning, a fate the rights group says awaits 11 people.
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- The Transportation Security Administration has approved Taser International&#39;s stun guns for use aboard a major international commercial airline.
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Human rights organisation Amnesty calls for tougher action against countries who seek to repress online freedoms.
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Human rights organisation Amnesty International calls for an end to forced evictions in Cambodia.
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Amnesty International criticized Tuesday the growing use of tasers by law-enforcement officers, saying that more than 70 people have died during the last three years
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NEW YORK/LONDON  - The shares of stun gun maker  Taser International Inc. TASR.O soared on Wednesday after the  United Kingdom, which does not allow most police to carry guns,  said it approved use of its stun guns for some officers.
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Human rights defenders face arrest and torture in China, and the European Union should raise the issue at a summit with Beijing's leaders this week, Amnesty International said in a new report Monday.
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Amnesty International demanded the US on Wednesday to set up an independent probe of prisonersâ abuses in Afghanistan, Guantanamo and at Abu Ghraib detention facility in Iraq.
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Amnesty International has urged the Thai government to impartially investigate the deaths of at least 84 protesters in the south of the country.
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Rights group Amnesty International condemned Pakistan over abuse of terror suspects, claiming hundreds had been &quot;disappeared,&quot; while many were tortured before being sold on to US authorities.
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U.S. securities regulators have  launched an informal investigation into Taser International  Inc.  focusing on Taser's claims about the safety of its stun  guns and a distribution deal.