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Cuba: Job sector, a tool of repression as perceived critics face jobless life

Ordinary Cubans perceived to be even subtly critical of life in the country face a future of harassment at work,…

November 16, 2017

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Cuba: Job sector, a tool of repression as perceived critics face jobless life

Ordinary Cubans perceived to be even subtly critical of life in the country face a future of harassment at work,…

November 16, 2017

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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Amnesty International Responds to Tillerson’s Myanmar Meetings

In response to Secretary Tillerson’s meetings with government and military officials in Myanmar, Joanne Lin, national director of advocacy and government relations…

November 15, 2017

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Time to Recharge

Major electronics and electric vehicle companies are still not doing enough to stop human rights abuses entering their cobalt supply…

November 14, 2017

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Amnesty International USA Calls for Quick Passage of the International Violence Against Women Act

A bipartisan group of senators reintroduced the International Violence Against Women Act (IVAWA) today. Amnesty International USA urged lawmakers to…

November 14, 2017

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The Human Cost of a Megacity: Forced Evictions of the Urban Poor in Lagos

Nigerian authorities must halt a violent, unlawful campaign of demolitions and forced evictions of waterfront communities in Lagos State which…

November 13, 2017

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Myanmar military attempts to whitewash crimes against humanity targeting Rohingya

In response to findings released today after the Myanmar military’s internal investigation into violence in northern Rakhine State since August…

November 13, 2017

Syrians, who were injured in a suicide car bombing that targeted buses carrying evacuees from besieged government-held towns, sit in a tent on the Syrian-Turkish border in Idlib province on April 17, 2017. April 16's blast hit a convoy carrying residents from the northern towns of Fuaa and Kafraya as they waited at a transit point in rebel-held Rashidin, west of Aleppo. At least 68 children were among the 126 people killed in the attack, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. / AFP PHOTO / Omar haj kadour (Photo credit should read OMAR HAJ KADOUR/AFP/Getty Images)

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“We leave or we die”: Forced displacement under Syria’s ‘reconciliation’ agreements

Whole civilian populations who have suffered horrific sieges and been subjected to intensive bombardments have been given no choice but…

November 12, 2017

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Trump must challenge Duterte’s record at ASEAN summit in the Philippines

As Donald Trump prepares to meet leaders at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Manila on November…

November 10, 2017

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Amnesty International USA Files FOIA on Burn Pits

Today, Amnesty International USA filed a request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to seek documents related to the…

November 10, 2017

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Vice President Pence Calls on Turkey to Ensure Fair Resolution of Civil Society Cases

According to the White House, in today's meeting with Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim, Vice President Mike Pence expressed deep concern…

November 9, 2017

DOHA, QATAR: In this handout image supplied by Qatar 2022, this artists impression represents Khalifa International Stadium. Qatar will host the FIFA World Cup in 2022. (Photo by Handout/Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy via Getty Images)

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FIFA under pressure over handling of World Cup construction abuse

FIFA should act immediately on a series of critical recommendations made today in the first report published by its Human…

November 9, 2017