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Reaction to The Guardian’s damning report on refugee abuse on Nauru
Responding to The Guardian's "Nauru files" leak today, Amnesty International's Senior Director for Research Anna Neistat said: "This leak has laid bare…
August 11, 2016
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Amnesty International Rallies Behind Refugee Athletes Competing in Olympic Games
For the first time in the history of the Olympics, 10 refugees are competing without a national team. To stand…
August 4, 2016
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UN Refugee Summit talks end in abject failure
World leaders have wasted a critical opportunity to tackle the global refugee crisis, said Amnesty International today after talks for…
August 3, 2016
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Turkey: Response to President Erdoğan’s speech challenging Amnesty International’s research findings
Responding to a speech today by Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, in which he criticized Amnesty International’s findings that some…
August 2, 2016
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Australia: Appalling abuse, neglect of refugees on Nauru
About 1,200 men, women, and children who sought refuge in Australia and were forcibly transferred to the remote Pacific island…
August 1, 2016
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Turkey crackdown by the numbers: Statistics on brutal backlash after failed coup
Human rights in Turkey are in peril following a bloody failed coup attempt on July 15. The Turkish authorities’ reaction…
July 26, 2016
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Narrow national self-interest must not hinder Ban Ki-moon’s initiative to end refugee crisis
With just under a week to go, a group of unlikely bedfellows including Australia, China, Egypt, India, Russia, Pakistan and…
July 25, 2016
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State of emergency must not roll back human rights in Turkey
President Erdogan’s announcement of the imposition of a state of emergency must not pave the way for a roll-back in…
July 21, 2016
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Libya: Lives of captives trapped under fire in Benghazi in danger
Airstrikes by the Libyan National Army are endangering the lives of scores of detainees who are being held captive in…
July 21, 2016
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Ukraine: Torture and Secret Detention on Both Sides of the Conflict Line
Both the Ukrainian government authorities and Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine are holding civilians in prolonged arbitrary, and sometimes secret…
July 20, 2016
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You Don’t Exist: Arbitrary Detentions, Enforced Disappearances, and Torture in Eastern Ukraine
Both the Ukrainian government authorities and Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine are holding civilians in prolonged arbitrary, and sometimes secret…
July 20, 2016
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Human rights in grave danger following coup attempt and subsequent crackdown in Turkey
Human rights in Turkey are in peril following a bloody coup attempt on July 15, which resulted in the deaths…
July 18, 2016