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Press Release
UN: China fails to scupper resolution on Myanmar’s persecution of Rohingya
Responding to the failed attempt by China, Philippines and Burundi to vote down a UN Human Rights Council resolution on…
December 5, 2017
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Press Release
Philippines: Police reinstatement in “drug war” threatens catastrophic return to mass killing
Responding to the news that President Duterte has ordered the police to resume their role in supporting his administration’s so-called…
December 5, 2017
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Report
Deadly but Preventable Attacks: Killings and Enforced Disappearances of Those who Defend Human Rights
States around the world are failing in their duty to effectively protect people who defend human rights, leading to an…
December 4, 2017
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Press Release
Amnesty Responds to Supreme Court Travel Ban Decision
Following the Supreme Court’s decision to allow President Trump’s travel ban to go into full effect, Ashley Houghton, tactical campaigns…
December 4, 2017
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Press Release
USA: Pentagon cancels ban on deadliest cluster munitions
Responding to news that the US Pentagon will indefinitely postpone a ban on older models of cluster munitions, Patrick Wilcken,…
December 1, 2017
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Press Release
Pompeo and Cotton Must Disavow Torture and Other Rights Abuses As Nominees for State and CIA
According to media reports, the White House is planning to replace Secretary of State Rex Tillerson with current CIA Director…
November 30, 2017
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Syria: Banned Soviet-made cluster munitions fuel humanitarian catastrophe in Eastern Ghouta
Syrian government forces’ increasing use of banned Soviet-made cluster munitions to carry out indiscriminate attacks and direct attacks on civilians…
November 29, 2017
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Press Release
Amnesty launches world’s biggest human rights campaign
The family of an LGBTI activist hacked to death in Bangladesh, the sister of a young man gunned down by…
November 28, 2017
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Press Release
Bangladesh: Rohingya refugees must not be relocated to uninhabitable island
The Bangladesh government must abandon all plans to relocate more than 100,000 Rohingya refugees on to an uninhabitable island, Amnesty…
November 28, 2017
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Press Release
Egypt: 16 men jailed amidst unprecedented homophobic crackdown
Responding to the news that a Cairo court convicted 16 men of “debauchery” and sentenced them to three years prison…
November 28, 2017
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Press Release
Pope’s visit in Myanmar highlights horrific crimes against Rohingya
Reacting to the remarks by Pope Francis during his visit to Myanmar today, Ming Yu Hah, Amnesty International’s Deputy Campaigns…
November 28, 2017
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Report
Nigeria/UK/Netherlands: Investigate Shell for complicity in murder, rape and tortureÂ
The organization has released a ground-breaking review of thousands of pages of internal company documents and witness statements, as well…
November 27, 2017