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Taibeh Abbasi, 18, (right) with her best friend Ingjerd Jepsen Vegge. Taibeh iis in danger of being deported from Norway to Afghanistan, where she has never lived. Students at her high school organised a huge demo in Trondheim on 3 October 2017 to show solidarity with Taibeh and ask the government to stop the deportation.

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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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Chad: People forced to pay a heavy price for harsh austerity measures

A host of austerity measures implemented by the Chadian authorities is pushing people into deeper poverty, undermining access to necessary…

July 15, 2018

US President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin hold a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany, on July 7, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

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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

Activists of United Hindu Front listen to their leader's speech during protest in New Delhi on May 10, 2018. - United Hindu Front activists demanded to take away minority status given to muslims and stop them to offer namaj (prayer) on roads. (Photo by Prakash SINGH / AFP) (Photo credit should read PRAKASH SINGH/AFP/Getty Images)

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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

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - JULY 11: U.S. President Donald Trump (L) and British Prime Minister Theresa May attend the opening ceremony at the 2018 NATO Summit at NATO headquarters on July 11, 2018 in Brussels, Belgium. Leaders from NATO member and partner states are meeting for a two-day summit, which is being overshadowed by strong demands by U.S. President Trump for most NATO member countries to spend more on defense. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

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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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Disappearances and torture in southern Yemen detention facilities must be investigated as war crimes

Justice remains elusive a year after a network of secret prisons was first exposed in southern Yemen, Amnesty International said…

July 11, 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

Liu Xiaobo and his wife Liu Xia taken by the sea on 24 May 2005 Liu Xiaobo is a former participant in the 1989 pro-democracy student movement, he was sentenced to 11 years' imprisonment on 25 December 2009, for initiating and signing Charter 08, a manifesto calling for political accountability and human rights protection. Articles he wrote about 4 June 1989 were cited in his verdict as evidence of "inciting subversion".

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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

An employee answers calls of political violence and distress in a call centre from hotspots through out Zimbabwe at a Counselling Services Unit (CSU) ahead of the July 30 Presidential elections in Harare, on July 6, 2018. (Photo by STRINGER / AFP) (Photo credit should read STRINGER/AFP/Getty Images)

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Zimbabwe: Elections offer a chance to break with decades of gross human rights violations

Zimbabwe's election at the end of the month will take place in the context of decades of politically motivated gross…

July 9, 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