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US government endangers asylum seekers with unlawful policies
Unlawful US border policies are leaving thousands of asylum seekers stranded in Mexico, where they are facing threats of deportation…
November 26, 2018
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Syria: Thousands of digital activists to track how US-led air strikes destroyed Raqqa
Thousands of digital activists around the world will take part in an innovative new crowdsourcing data project Amnesty International is…
November 20, 2018
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Twenty-Nine Families Ordered Released from Dilley Detention Center
In an extraordinary move, twenty-nine families seeking a better life have been ordered released from the South Texas Family Residential…
November 20, 2018
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Reports of torture and sexual harassment of detained activists in Saudi Arabia
Several Saudi Arabian activists, including a number of women, who have been arbitrarily detained without charge since May 2018 in…
November 20, 2018
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Court Grants Temporary Relief to Desperate Families Seeking Asylum
In response to a court decision temporarily blocking the Trump administration from denying asylum to people seeking protection arriving between…
November 20, 2018
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This World Children’s Day, Children Must be Safe and Free from Detention
Ahead of World Children’s Day on November 20, Amnesty International is calling for all children currently being held at the…
November 19, 2018
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UN: Hodeidah’s embattled civilians on a knife-edge as Security Council discusses Yemen
Petrified civilians in Hodeidah face a likely onslaught unless the UN Security Council acts today to press the warring parties…
November 16, 2018
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Cambodia: Genocide verdict is bitter, belated justice
Responding to the guilty verdict handed to Khmer Rouge cadres Khieu Samphan and Nuon Chea in the Extraordinary Chambers in…
November 16, 2018
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Libya: Refugees and migrants refuse to disembark ship in desperate plea to avoid detention and torture
Libyan, European and Panamanian authorities must ensure that at least 79 refugees and migrants who are on board a merchant…
November 16, 2018
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Enforcement Directorate must cease smear campaign against Amnesty India
The latest leak of a dossier on Amnesty India by the Enforcement Directorate, a financial investigation agency under the Ministry of…
November 15, 2018
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Ohio’s House Passage of Stand Your Ground Bill Endangers Public Safety
House Bill 228, which has been dubbed the ‘Kill at Will’ bill for allowing a person to use a gun…
November 14, 2018
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Myanmar: Rohingya returns plan puts thousands at risk
Bangladesh and Myanmar authorities must immediately halt plans to send Rohingya refugees back to Rakhine State, Amnesty International said today.
November 14, 2018