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Venezuela: Unattended health rights crisis is forcing thousands to flee
Severe violations of the right to health, as well as difficulties accessing food and other basic services, are putting thousands…
March 9, 2018
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Congressional Funding for Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission Acknowledges Critical Work
Reacting to news that Congress will direct funds to the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission for the first time, Joanne…
March 8, 2018
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Amnesty International USA Calls on ICE to Release Young Girl and Father
Four years after arriving in the U.S. to seek safety, fourteen-year old Astrid and her father Arturo were detained by…
March 8, 2018
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NGO Statement on Reported Changes to U.S. Policy on Use of Armed Drones and Other Lethal Force
In advance of a deadline for the Trump Administration to disclose reported changes loosening the restrictions for using lethal force…
March 7, 2018
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Myanmar: Forced starvation of Rohingya highlights danger of premature returns
Reacting to the UN’s claim that Myanmar is continuing its campaign of ethnic cleansing against Rohingya including through “forced starvation”,…
March 6, 2018
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Honduras: Arrest of DESA executive must be followed by further action against those behind the killing of Berta Cáceres
president of Desarrollos Energéticos S.A. (DESA), for his involvement in the killing of environmental human rights defender Berta Cáceres, Erika…
March 5, 2018
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Syria: UN Human Rights Council must ensure those responsible for atrocities in Eastern Ghouta are held to account
Responding to the impending vote at the United Nations Human Rights Council on a resolution on the situation in Eastern…
March 3, 2018
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Honduras: Failure to identify those behind Berta Cáceres’ murder puts other activists at risk
The Honduran authorities’ failure to identify those who ordered the brutal murder of the environmental human rights defender Berta Cáceres…
March 2, 2018
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Egypt: Use of banned cluster bombs in North Sinai confirmed by Amnesty International
Analysis of a Video released by the Egyptian Armed Forces proves beyond doubt that banned cluster munitions have been used…
February 28, 2018
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Afghanistan: Civilian lives must be at the heart of the Kabul Process
The Kabul Process conference must put the protection of Afghan civilians and accountability for war crimes and crimes against humanity…
February 28, 2018
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Syria: Hundreds of civilian lives at risk as Afrin offensive escalates
Turkish military, and to a lesser extent Kurdish forces, are carrying out indiscriminate attacks in the embattled Syrian towns of…
February 27, 2018
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Syria: Alleged chemical weapons pact with North Korea would represent ‘a betrayal of humanity’
Reacting to a New York Times article alleging that an unpublished United Nations report reveals that from 2012 to 2017…
February 27, 2018