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Nigeria: Threats from the military won’t deter us from defending human rights
The Nigerian military is increasingly resorting to threats, intimidation and smears to discredit Amnesty International’s work documenting the human rights…
June 7, 2018
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Mozambique: End brutal killing spree by armed group
The Mozambican authorities must take immediate steps to end a killing spree in the Cabo Delgado Province, which has seen…
June 7, 2018
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Amnesty International Calls on ICE to Release Detained Transgender Woman Rights Activist
A transgender woman and LGBT rights activist who suffered persecution and sexual assault in El Salvador is being unreasonably held…
June 7, 2018
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Turkey: One year since the imprisonment of Taner Kılıç, demands for his release will not be silenced
Despite the government’s cynical crackdown on human rights, activists for justice and freedom will not be silenced, Amnesty International said…
June 6, 2018
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Nicaragua: OAS member states must not turn their back on the victims of repression
In a response to the “Draft Declaration of Support for the People of Nicaragua” presented by the permanent missions of…
June 5, 2018
Report
Syria: Raqqa in ruins and civilians devastated after US-led ‘war of annihilation’
From amid the rubble of Raqqa, civilians are asking why US-led Coalition forces destroyed the city, killing hundreds of civilians…
June 4, 2018
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Saudi Arabia: International community cannot afford to remain silent about detained women’s rights activists
The international community and allies of the Saudi Arabian government must speak up to help secure the immediate and unconditional…
June 1, 2018
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Amnesty International Calls on US to Investigate All Claims of Civilian Casualties
Responding to the Pentagon’s report on US civilian casualties to Congress, Daphne Eviatar, Director of Security with Human Rights at…
June 1, 2018
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Landmark rulings expose Romanian and Lithuanian complicity in CIA secret detention program
The European Court of Human Rights has found that Romania and Lithuania violated the human rights of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri…
May 31, 2018
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Hungary: Laws are cruel attempt to criminalize those helping asylum seekers
Responding to a package of punitive laws tabled in Parliament today that will criminalize migration-related work by activists and NGOs, Amnesty International’s…
May 29, 2018
Report
Shoot to kill: Nicaragua’s strategy to suppress protest
Nicaraguan authorities have adopted a strategy of repression, characterized by the excessive use of force, extrajudicial executions, control of the…
May 29, 2018
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Amnesty International documents armed attack on students in Nicaragua
Students from the National University of Engineering who were defending their campus in Managua, Nicaragua, were attacked with firearms today, confirmed…
May 28, 2018