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Gaza: Civilian lives must be spared as fighting between Israel and Palestinian armed groups escalates
Responding to the escalation of hostilities between Israel and the Palestinian armed groups in Gaza overnight - the most serious…
November 13, 2018
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Cruel European migration policies leave refugees trapped in Libya with no way out
A year after shocking images purporting to show human beings being bought and sold in Libya caused a global outcry, the situation for…
November 12, 2018
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Aung San Suu Kyi stripped of Amnesty’s highest honor
Amnesty International announced today that it has withdrawn its highest honor, the Ambassador of Conscience Award, from Aung San Suu…
November 12, 2018
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Yemen: Eyewitness describes terrifying scenes as explosions rock hospital in central Hodeidah
Hundreds of medical workers and patients, including a malnourished woman carrying her daughter in a surgical robe and a man…
November 12, 2018
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Trump’s Proclamation to Restrict the Rights of People Seeking Asylum
In response to President Trump’s Proclamation to limit the rights of people seeking asylum along the Southern border, Amnesty International´s…
November 8, 2018
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Huthi gunmen raid hospital as Hodeidah’s civilians face imminent onslaught in Yemen
Civilians in Yemen’s western port city of Hodeidah will pay a terrible price amid the battle engulfing their city unless…
November 7, 2018
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Washington Passes Much-Needed Accountability Measure for Police Use of Lethal Force
An initiative that requires police officers to receive training in violence de-escalation, mental health, and first aid so that officers…
November 7, 2018
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Tanzania: 10 men arrested in Zanzibar for being ‘gay’
Ten men have been arrested on suspicion of being gay on the Tanzanian island of Zanzibar after police received a…
November 6, 2018
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Crackdowns on LGBTI people in Indonesia hit alarming level
LGBTI communities in Indonesia are facing increasing crackdowns both from the police and the municipal police (Satpol PP) with at…
November 6, 2018
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Washington State Ballot Initiative Would Provide Much-Needed Accountability for Lethal Force by Police
Tomorrow, people in Washington state will be voting on an initiative that would require police officers to receive training in violence…
November 5, 2018
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On Last Day of Public Comment, Amnesty Urges Administration to Preserve Laws Limiting Detention of Asylum-Seeking Children
Early last month, the Trump administration announced it was seeking new regulations that would effectively terminate the 1997 Flores Agreement,…
November 5, 2018
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Cameroon: 70 schoolchildren taken in mass abduction must be freed
Following the abduction of at least 70 schoolchildren in Cameroon’s Anglophone region, Samira Daoud, Amnesty International Deputy regional director for…
November 5, 2018