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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
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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