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Supreme Court decriminalizing consensual same-sex relations marks a new era for LGBTI rights in India

The landmark ruling by India’s Supreme Court decriminalizing consensual same-sex relations is a historic step, which sends a message of…

September 6, 2018

Members of the LGBT community hold a protest outside of Guatemala Congress against the law 5272 that criminalizes LGBT community human rights and abortion -among others- in Guatemala City on September 4, 2018. (Photo by JOHAN ORDONEZ / AFP) (Photo credit should read JOHAN ORDONEZ/AFP/Getty Images)

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Guatemala: Discriminatory law puts at risk the lives and rights of thousands of women, girls and LGBTI people

Guatemala’s Congress must reject proposed law 5272, also known as the “Law for the Protection of Life and Family,” because…

September 5, 2018

General view of the Palestinian Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar, east of Jerusalem in the occupied West Bank as Israeli police claimed the village closed military area on July 5, 2018. - Khan al-Ahmar, which Israeli authorities say was illegally constructed and the supreme court in May rejected a final appeal against its demolition, is located near several Israeli settlements along a road leading to the Dead Sea. Activists are concerned continued Israeli settlement construction in the area could effectively divide the northern and southern West Bank. (Photo by THOMAS COEX / AFP) (Photo credit should read THOMAS COEX/AFP/Getty Images)

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Israeli court approves a war crime by ruling in favor of demolishing the entire village of Khan al-Ahmar

Responding to the Israeli Supreme Court’s decision, the second one in less than two months, to approve the demolition of…

September 5, 2018

Syrian women sit with children outside a tent at a camp for displaced civilians fleeing from advancing Syrian government forces, close to a Turkish military observation point near the village of Surman in the rebel-held northwestern Idlib province on September 5, 2018. (Photo by Amer ALHAMWE / AFP) (Photo credit should read AMER ALHAMWE/AFP/Getty Images)

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Syria: Millions of civilian lives depend on outcome of Tehran Summit

Ahead of the presidential summit which is set to take place in Tehran on Friday 7 September between Russia, Turkey…

September 5, 2018

BERLIN, GERMANY - MAY 02: Whistle blower and activist Chelsea Manning, in what she said is her first strip outside of the United States since she was released from a U.S. prison, speaks at the annual re:publica conferences on their opening day on May 2, 2018 in Berlin, Germany. Re:publica 18 is holding a series of conferences themed with digital society on topics such as media, entertainment, politics, culture and technology from May 2-4. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

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Failure to approve Chelsea Manning a visa sends chilling message on freedom of speech

The Government’s failure to approve a visa in time for human rights defender Chelsea Manning to enter Australia for a…

September 5, 2018

Iranian lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh hugs get son Nima at her home in Tehran on September 18, 2013, after being freed after three years in prison. Sotoudeh told AFP she was in "good" physical and psychological condition, and pledged to continue her human rights work. Her release came a week before Irans new moderate President Hassan Rowhani, who has promised more freedoms at home and constructive engagement with the world, travels to New York to attend the United Nations General Assembly. AFP PHOTO/BEHROUZ MEHRI (Photo credit should read BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP/Getty Images)

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Iran: Husband of hunger-striking human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh arrested

Responding to the arrest in Iran this morning of Reza Khandan, the husband of prominent jailed human rights lawyer Nasrin…

September 4, 2018

Myanmar police officers escort Reuters journalist Wa Lone (C) as he arrives at the northern district court in Yangon on January 23, 2018. Myanmar police formally filed charges on January 10 against two Reuters reporters, Kyaw Soe Oo and Wa Lone, accused of breaching the Official Secrets Act, a judge said, an offence that carries up to 14 years in prison. / AFP PHOTO / Aung Kyaw HTET (Photo credit should read AUNG KYAW HTET/AFP/Getty Images)

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Myanmar: Guilty verdict against Reuters journalists sends stark warning on press freedom

Responding to the news that Reuters journalists, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, have been sentenced to seven years in…

September 3, 2018

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Costa Rica: Amnesty International delegation to meet Vice President to discuss the situation in Nicaragua

An Amnesty International delegation led by Americas Director Erika Guevara-Rosas will travel to San José from 3 to 6 September…

September 2, 2018

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Nicaragua: In its attempt to avoid international scrutiny, government makes apparent its responsibility for human rights violations

Following the decision of President Daniel Ortega’s government to expel the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights mission one day…

August 31, 2018

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China: Systematic repression of ethnic minorities laid bare in UN findings

In response to the release of concluding observations on China by the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial…

August 30, 2018

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South Asia: Truth and justice still elusive for thousands of victims of enforced disappearance

As the world marks the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearance, Amnesty International calls on governments across South…

August 29, 2018

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Government must allow human rights defender Chelsea Manning to come to Australia

In response to the news that the Australian government is considering denying American activist Chelsea Manning a visa to enter…

August 29, 2018