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Thailand: Don’t deport Saudi woman in grave danger
Responding to reports that Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun, an 18-year-old Saudi woman, faces deportation from the transit zone of Suvarnabhumi Airport…
January 7, 2019
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US Ceases Cooperation with United Nations Over Potential Human Rights Abuses
In response to reports that the Trump administration has stopped cooperating with United Nations (UN) investigators probing potential human rights…
January 4, 2019
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DRC: Authorities must reopen media outlets and end crackdown on internet freedom
Following further closures of media outlets and a mounting crackdown on internet and mobile messaging in the wake of elections…
January 3, 2019
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Saudi Arabia: Censorship of Netflix is latest proof of crackdown on freedom of expression
Responding to news that Netflix have removed an episode from a comedy show in Saudi Arabia, after officials from the…
January 2, 2019
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Amnesty USA Reaction to Use of Tear Gas Along US-Mexico border
In response to reports that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents used tear gas against men, women and children crossing…
January 1, 2019
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Statement Responding to Another Child’s Death in Custody of Customs and Border Protection
Responding to news reports of the death of an 8-year-old Guatemalan boy in the custody of a Customs and Border…
December 25, 2018
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Nicaragua: Report affirms the government of President Ortega has committed crimes against humanity
In response to the publication of the “Report on the Acts of Violence Occurred Between April 18 and May 30, 2018…
December 21, 2018
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Remain in Mexico Plan Could Prove Deadly to Vulnerable Families
In response to a negotiated deal between the United States and Mexico that would require people to remain in Mexico…
December 20, 2018
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US Must Allow Survivors of Domestic Violence and Gang Violence to Seek Asylum
Judge Emmet Sullivan, on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, today struck down a decision instituted by…
December 19, 2018
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Crowdsourced Twitter study reveals shocking scale of online abuse against women
Amnesty International released a ground-breaking study into abuse against women on Twitter today, conducted with Element AI, a global artificial…
December 18, 2018
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Amnesty welcomes reports of an end to Dragonfly
Responding to media reports that Google will shut down Dragonfly, its censored search app for China, Amnesty International’s Secretary General…
December 17, 2018
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Hungary: Police must rein in unnecessary and excessive force used against protesters
The police must rein in unnecessary and excessive force, including the use of tear gas, against peaceful protesters, Amnesty International…
December 17, 2018