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Trump-Macron Meeting Highlights Urgency of Welcoming Refugees
This week, U.S. President Trump is visiting Paris to meet with French President Macron for Bastile Day in commemoration of…
July 14, 2017
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Liu Xiaobo: A giant of human rights who leaves a lasting legacy for China and the world
Responding to the news that Nobel Peace Prize Winner Liu Xiaobo has passed away, Salil Shetty, Secretary General of Amnesty…
July 13, 2017
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U.S. Hits Refugee Cap Set by Executive Order, Underscoring Cruelty of Muslim and Refugee Ban
Today, after resettling 50,000 refugees this year, the United States hit the cap in refugee admissions set by President Trump’s…
July 12, 2017
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Iraq: Investigations, not denials needed over appalling civilian death toll in west Mosul
Responding to statements made by spokespeople for the US-led coalition and the Iraqi forces, Lynn Maalouf Head of Research for…
July 12, 2017
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Secretary Tillerson Visit to Gulf Must Not Greenlight More Abuses Against Human Rights Defenders
Today, Secretary Tillerson is meeting with senior foreign officials in Saudi Arabia. This is the latest leg of a week-long…
July 12, 2017
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Turkey: Detention of rights activists, including Amnesty Director, extended
Turkish authorities must immediately and unconditionally release 10 human rights defenders, Amnesty International said today after their week-long police detention…
July 11, 2017
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Bahrain: Jail term for human rights defender Nabeel Rajab exposes authorities’ relentless campaign to wipe out dissent
The sentencing of human rights defender Nabeel Rajab, in his absence, to two years in prison for TV interviews is…
July 10, 2017
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Venezuela using lethal violence as a state policy to strangle dissent
Recurrent attacks against the Venezuelan population and speeches inciting violence by the authorities indicate a premeditated policy of violent repression…
July 10, 2017
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Amnesty International USA: Hawaii Ban Decision Underlines Need for Congressional Intervention
Following a federal judge’s decision denying a motion to narrow President Trump’s implementation of his Muslim ban, Amnesty International USA…
July 6, 2017
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El Salvador rape survivor sentenced to 30 years in jail under extreme anti-abortion law
The sentence against a 19-year-old rape survivor of 30 years in prison on charges of “aggravated homicide” after she suffered…
July 6, 2017
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Man with Serious Mental Disability to Be Executed in Virginia
Following the announcement that Gov. McAuliffe will not halt tonight’s execution of William Morva — a death row prisoner diagnosed…
July 6, 2017
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Absurd ‘terrorism’ investigation launched into Amnesty International’s Turkey Director and nine others
Responding to news that Idil Eser, Director of Amnesty International Turkey, seven other human rights activists and two IT trainers,…
July 6, 2017