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Syria: US-led Coalition ‘deeply in denial’ about civilian casualties in Raqqa
The US-led Coalition’s flurry of responses rejecting the findings of a recent Amnesty International report on the devastation wrought by their…
July 16, 2018
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Afghanistan: Record high civilian casualties make returns unjustifiable
The international community cannot abandon the Afghan people who have fled conflict and violence at a time when civilian casualties…
July 16, 2018
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Russia and USA must use Putin-Trump summit to take responsibility for human rights
“While both Trump and Putin have drawn justified criticism for their respective human rights records, their meeting presents a chance…
July 13, 2018
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100 hate crimes allegedly committed in the first six months of 2018, reveals ‘Halt the Hate’ website
In the first six months of 2018, 100 hate crimes have allegedly been committed against people from marginalized groups, said…
July 13, 2018
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Cameroon: Credible evidence that Army personnel responsible for shocking extrajudicial executions caught on video
An investigation by Amnesty International experts has gathered credible evidence that it was Cameroonian soldiers depicted in a video carrying…
July 12, 2018
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Amnesty International Calls on Both Trump and May to Address Human Rights Failings During President’s UK Trip
Ahead of President Trump’s visit to the UK this week, Amnesty International is calling for Theresa May to “stand up…
July 12, 2018
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Amnesty International calls for the release of Toffiq al-Bihani and the closure of Guantanamo Bay
As arguments begin in the case of Toffiq al-Bihani and ten others seeking release from arbitrary detention in Guantanamo Bay,…
July 11, 2018
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Nicaragua: State repression has reached deplorable levels
The repressive actions of the Nicaraguan government have reached deplorable levels, Amnesty International said today, after one of the bloodiest…
July 10, 2018
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China: Liu Xia free and on way to Germany
Responding to reports that artist Liu Xia, widow of Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo, has left China and is traveling to…
July 10, 2018
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Colombia: Killings of human rights defenders continue under a cloak of impunity and the silent complicity of the state
Colombia faces a grave human rights crisis as a result of repeated targeted killings of human rights defenders, while the…
July 9, 2018
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Myanmar: Charging of Reuters journalists a black day for press freedom
Responding to today’s decision by a Yangon court to formally charge Reuters journalists, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, with…
July 9, 2018
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Salil Shetty, Amnesty International’s eighth Secretary General, to join Harvard Kennedy School’s Carr Center for Human Rights Policy as Senior Fellow in 2018-19
Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) announced today that Salil Shetty, the outgoing Secretary General of Amnesty International, will join the Carr…
July 9, 2018