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USA: Policy of separating children from parents is nothing short of torture
The sickening images of children cruelly separated from their parents and held in cages as a result of Attorney General…
June 18, 2018
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Ukraine: “March of equality” in Kyiv is a new human rights triumph
This year’s Kyiv Pride demonstration, which brought together thousands of people in a display of solidarity with the lesbian, gay,…
June 18, 2018
Report
Israel: African asylum-seeker deportations and “voluntary” transfers are forced and illegal
The Israeli government’s transfers of Eritrean and Sudanese asylum-seekers is cruel and illegal, Amnesty International said today, as it released a…
June 17, 2018
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Kyrgyzstan: New rape case highlights need for immediate action to end appalling “bride kidnapping” practice
The Kyrgyzstani authorities must ramp up their efforts to put an immediate end to the appalling practice of “bride kidnapping”,…
June 15, 2018
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Japan: Investigate brewer Kirin over payments to Myanmar military amid ethnic cleansing of Rohingya
Japanese authorities must urgently launch an investigation into payments that a subsidiary of the multinational brewing giant Kirin made to…
June 14, 2018
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State of Palestine: Amnesty staff member arbitrarily detained and tortured by Palestinian security officers
Responding to the arbitrary detention and beating during arrest of scores of demonstrators and bystanders, including an Amnesty International staff…
June 14, 2018
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RUSSIA: ARREST OF CAMPAIGNER PETER TATCHELL FOR GAY RIGHTS PROTEST IS ‘OUTRAGEOUS’
Responding to news that the prominent British human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell has been arrested and charged with a criminal…
June 14, 2018
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Yemen: Prominent human rights defender arrested
Responding to reports that Abdulrasheed al-Faqih, the Executive Director of Mwatana Organization for Human Rights, was arrested this morning while…
June 14, 2018
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Pakistan: Alarming crackdown ahead of elections
The Pakistani authorities must end the current crackdown on human rights defenders, activists, journalists and other members of the civil…
June 14, 2018
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First step to decriminalize abortion in Argentina is historic for human rights
The bill to decriminalize abortion in Argentina, approved today by the Chamber of Deputies, is a fundamental step for the…
June 14, 2018
Press Release
Iran: Arrest of prominent human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh is an outrage
The arrest of Nasrin Sotoudeh, a prominent Iranian human rights lawyer, is an outrageous attack on a brave and prolific…
June 13, 2018
Report
Protest prohibited: Use of force and arbitrary detentions to suppress dissent in Honduras
Honduran authorities have continued to violate the human rights of people arrested during last year’s post-election protests by denying their…
June 13, 2018