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Iran: Release eight wildlife conservationists following unfair trial on trumped-up spying charges

Wildlife conservationists in Iran who have been accused of espionage after using cameras to track endangered species could face the…

March 5, 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

TOPSHOT - A woman wears a scarf on her face with the inscription "Fight Patriarchy" during a demonstration called by the #Noustoutes movement, to denounce sexist and sexual violence against women on September 29, 2018 on the Place de la Republique in Paris. (Photo by Zakaria ABDELKAFI / AFP) (Photo credit should read ZAKARIA ABDELKAFI/AFP/Getty Images)

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Give us respect and justice! Overcoming barriers to justice for women rape survivors in Denmark

Denmark’s reputation for gender equality masks a society with one of Europe’s highest levels of rape, where flawed legislation and widespread harmful myths and…

March 4, 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

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Authorities in Argentina deny 11-year-old’s right to terminate forced pregnancy

Argentine authorities must be held accountable for putting at grave risk the life of an 11-year-old rape survivor carrying a…

March 1, 2019

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Expansion of Remain in Mexico Plan Could Put Lives at Risk

Reports indicate that the Remain in Mexico plan, also known as Migrant Protection Protocols, will soon be implemented in parts…

February 28, 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

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Israel/ OPT: Findings of UN inquiry into Gaza killings must pave way for justice over war crimes

Responding to the findings of a report published by the UN Commission of Inquiry today which states that Israeli forces…

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

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Human rights in the Middle East and North Africa: A review of 2018

The international community’s chilling complacency towards wide-scale human rights violations in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has emboldened…

February 26, 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

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Hanoi Summit Cannot Gloss Over Human Rights Atrocities in North Korea

As US President Donald Trump is scheduled to meet with his North Korean counterpart Kim Jong-un at a two-day summit…

February 25, 2019