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Amnesty International Opposes New Open-Ended War Authority for President Trump

In response to Senator Corker’s proposed authorization for use of military force (AUMF) intended to replace the 2001 and 2002…

April 17, 2018

TOPSHOT - Syrians reportedly suffering from breathing difficulties following Syrian regime air strikes on the northwestern town of Saraqeb rest around a stove at a field hospital in a village on the outskirts of Saraqeb, due to the lack of hospitals in the town, on February 4, 2018. Five people were treated for "suffocation" after Syrian regime air strikes on the northwestern town of Saraqeb, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported, adding that 10 civilians were killed in southern Idlib province. / AFP PHOTO / OMAR HAJ KADOUR (Photo credit should read OMAR HAJ KADOUR/AFP/Getty Images)

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Syria: Block on Douma chemical attack investigation must be lifted immediately

Responding to news that inspectors from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) have still not been granted access…

April 16, 2018

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Strikes Must Minimize Further Harm to Civilians in Syria

According to reports, the United States, the United Kingdom, and France have launched a strike against targets in Syria. Raed…

April 13, 2018

The mother of one of the girls abducted by Boko Haram from the Government Girls Science and Technical College in Dapchi, Yobe state, Nigeria, 2 March 2018. 110 girls were abducted from the school by Boko Haram armed insurgents on 19 February 2018.

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Nigeria: Government still failing victims of Boko Haram four years on from Chibok

Responding to the commemoration of the fourth anniversary of the abduction of 276 school girls in Chibok, Osai Ojigho Director…

April 13, 2018

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Israel/OPT: Israeli forces must end the use of excessive force in response to “Great March of Return” protests

The Israeli authorities must put an immediate end to the excessive and lethal force being used to suppress Palestinian demonstrations…

April 13, 2018

Venezuela Protestors
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Americas: Summit leaders must prioritize solving grave human rights challenges

Regional leaders must prioritize the protection of human rights in their final declaration at the VIII Summit of the Americas…

April 11, 2018

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Myanmar: Case against Reuters journalists upheld as media restrictions intensify

Responding to the decision by a Myanmar court to press forward with the criminal case against Reuters journalists, Wa Lone…

April 11, 2018

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Sudan: Release of political activists is their right, not a gift!

Following news that Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir has released at least 56 opposition activists after they spent up to 84…

April 11, 2018

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Serbia: Conviction of war criminal delivers long overdue justice to victims

Following a decision by the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunal to overturn in part its original acquittal of Serbian Radical…

April 11, 2018

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Hungary: “We will continue to resist the rollback of human rights”

In the wake of the apparent victory of President Orban's party, Fidesz, in Hungary’s general election, Amnesty International’s Europe Director,…

April 8, 2018

Rohingya refugees from Myanmar's Rakhine state arrive near the Khanchon border crossing near the Bangaldeshi town of Teknaf on Septebmer 5, 2017. Nearly 125,000 mostly Rohingya refugees have entered Bangladesh since a fresh upsurge of violence in Myanmar on August 25, the United Nations said September 5, as fears grow of a humanitarian crisis in the overstretched camps. The UN said 123,600 had crossed the border in the past 11 days from Myanmar's violence-wracked Rakhine state. / AFP PHOTO / K M Asad (Photo credit should read K M ASAD/AFP/Getty Images)

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Bangladesh: Rohingya refugees returns must be safe, voluntary and dignified

Amnesty International called on the government of Bangladesh to uphold its commitment that Rohingya refugees are only returned in conditions…

April 5, 2018

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Turkey: Global stunts and vigils mark 300 days behind bars for Amnesty chair 

Ahead of today’s international day of action, marking his 300th day behind bars, the imprisoned honorary chair of Amnesty International Turkey, Taner Kılıç, has expressed his heartfelt thanks to all those…

April 4, 2018