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Egypt: Forcibly disappeared transgender woman at risk of sexual violence and torture

Fears are growing for the safety and well being of Malak al-Kashef, a transgender woman seized during a police raid…

March 7, 2019

Amnesty International staff stand in Solidarity with Idil Eser, Taner Kiliç, and other activists detained in Turkey. London, England, 18 July, 2017. Amnesty International Turkey’s Chair and Director as well as other prominent human rights defenders behind bars amid a spiralling crackdown. Amnesty Turkey's Chair, Taner Kiliç, was remanded in prison on baseless charges in early June 2017, and the Director of Amnesty Turkey, Idil Eser, was detained alongside seven other prominent human rights activists in July, 2017. They all face criminal investigations on the absurd suspicion of being members of an ‘armed terrorist organisation’.

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Nicaragua: Respect for human rights is key to resolving crisis

In the context of the 40th session of the UN Human Rights Council, Erika Guevara-Rosas, Americas director at Amnesty International,…

March 7, 2019

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Trump Administration Makes Shameful Decision to Shroud Civilian Casualties in Secrecy

Reacting to news that the Trump administration has revoked a part of an Obama executive order requiring reporting on civilian casualties, Daphne Eviatar,…

March 6, 2019

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Google Dragonfly plans further eroding users’ trust

Responding to reports by The Intercept that Google is still working on Project Dragonfly, its censored search engine for China

March 5, 2019

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Egypt: Photojournalist Shawkan released after five and a half years in prison  

Responding to the news that photojournalist Mahmoud Abou Zeid, known as Shawkan, was finally released today after spending more than…

March 4, 2019

Hundreds of indigenous Hondurans and peasants march on August 17, 2016 in Tegucigalpa in Tegucigalpa demanding justice for the murder of indigenous environementalist Berta Caceres last July. / AFP / ORLANDO SIERRA (Photo credit should read ORLANDO SIERRA/AFP/Getty Images)

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Honduras: Authorities must bring all those suspected of responsibility for the murder of Berta Cáceres to justice

Three years after the murder of Berta Cáceres, the Honduran defender of environmental and Indigenous rights, Erika Guevara-Rosas, Americas director…

February 28, 2019

Activists Protest Chicago Police Department, Rahm Emanuel
CHICAGO, IL - DECEMBER 31: Demonstrators calling for an end to gun violence and the resignation of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel march through downtown on December 31, 2015 in Chicago, Illinois. The shooting deaths by police of a 19-year-old college student Quintonio LeGrier and his 55-year-old neighbor Bettie Jones and a recently released video showing the shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald by Chicago Police officer Jason Van Dyke have sparked dozens of protests in the city. Yesterday Emanuel announced several changes that would take place in the police department with the hope of preventing future incidents. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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Background Check Bills Present Congress with Prime Opportunity to Act on Gun Violence

The House of Representatives is set to vote on two pieces of legislation this week that would be important steps…

February 27, 2019

Activists Protest Chicago Police Department, Rahm Emanuel
CHICAGO, IL - DECEMBER 31: Demonstrators calling for an end to gun violence and the resignation of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel march through downtown on December 31, 2015 in Chicago, Illinois. The shooting deaths by police of a 19-year-old college student Quintonio LeGrier and his 55-year-old neighbor Bettie Jones and a recently released video showing the shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald by Chicago Police officer Jason Van Dyke have sparked dozens of protests in the city. Yesterday Emanuel announced several changes that would take place in the police department with the hope of preventing future incidents. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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Ending Gun Violence is a Focus of Amnesty International USA’s 54th Annual General Meeting in Chicago

Members of Amnesty International USA from around the country and human rights activists from around the world will meet in…

February 25, 2019

Protesters display signs on Freedom Plaza during the Women's March in Washington, DC January 19, 2019. - Thousands of protesters gathered in the US capital and across the country for their annual message opposing Donald Trump and supporting women's rights. (Photo by Eva HAMBACH / AFP) (Photo credit should read EVA HAMBACH/AFP/Getty Images)

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Trump Administration Attacks Vital Healthcare in New Rule

Reacting to reports of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services “domestic gag rule” draft around Title X, the…

February 22, 2019

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Amnesty International USA to Honor Jamal Khashoggi at Annual Media Awards Ceremony

The first Amnesty International USA Press Freedom Award recognizing extraordinary courage and dedication to speaking truth to power through journalism…

February 18, 2019

A woman walks into Nigeria from Cameroon at a checkpoint border between Cameroon and Nigeria, in Mfum, in Cross Rivers State, southeast Nigeria, on February 1, 2018. The UN refugee agency on February 1, 2018 criticised Nigeria for breaching international agreements after the leader of a Cameroonian anglophone separatist movement and his supporters were extradited at Yaounde's request. Cameroon's government is fighting an insurgency by a group demanding a separate state for two regions that are home to most of the country's anglophones, who account for about a fifth of the population. Thousands of Cameroonians fled to the remote border region with Nigeria to escape from the violences in English-speaking southwest Cameroon. / AFP PHOTO / PIUS UTOMI EKPEI (Photo credit should read PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP/Getty Images)

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United States Must Center Human Rights and Suspend Security Assistance to Cameroon

In response to reports that the US government has decided to cut security and military aid to Cameroon amid concerns…

February 6, 2019

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Amnesty International USA Response to 2019 State of the Union

The following can be attributed to Joanne Lin, national director of advocacy and government relations at Amnesty International USA: “Tonight’s…

February 5, 2019