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Alicia Keys and the Indigenous rights movement in Canada honored with top Amnesty International award
Celebrated global music artist and activist Alicia Keys and the inspirational movement of Indigenous Peoples fighting for their rights in…
April 13, 2017
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Egypt: 10-year prison term for insulting President an outrageous assault on freedom of expression
The sentencing of a lawyer to 10 years in prison for a Facebook post exposes the abuse of Egypt’s new…
April 13, 2017
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USA/Russia: Diplomatic meeting must tackle deplorable human rights record at home and abroad
Though recent developments in Syria are bound to dominate US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s first official visit to Moscow…
April 11, 2017
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Amnesty International USA: Sessions’ Hateful Policy Criminalizes People Protected by International Law
Today, Attorney General Jeff Sessions delivered a speech on immigration to Customs and Border Protection in Nogales, Arizona, and issued…
April 11, 2017
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Egypt: Authorities must address sectarian violence, not abuse emergency powers to further curtail rights Â
Emergency measures included in a declaration of a state of emergency by President Abdelfattah al-Sissi in the aftermath of three…
April 10, 2017
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Venezuela: Excessive use of force towards protestors exacerbates humanitarian crisisÂ
Amnesty International emphasizes once again the obligation of the Venezuelan state to guarantee the right to freedom of expression and…
April 10, 2017
Report
Death Sentences and Executions 2016
For the first time since 2006, and only the second time since 1991, the United States is not among the…
April 7, 2017
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US attack on Syrian airbase: Professed concern for civilian life should prompt Trump commitment on Syrian refugees
In response to last night’s United States airstrikes against a Syrian army airbase in Homs, three days after a chemical…
April 7, 2017
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Hamas executes three civilians tried in Gaza military courts
In response to the appalling news that three men convicted of collaborating with Israel were hanged today by the Hamas…
April 6, 2017
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Court Halts One of Eight Scheduled Arkansas Executions as Amnesty International Urges Governor to Commute All Sentences
A federal judge has blocked one of eight scheduled executions from going forward in Arkansas this month, saying that the…
April 6, 2017
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Syria: UN Security Council must take decisive action after Idleb chemical attack
Evidence gathered is suggesting a nerve agent was used in an air-launched chemical attack which killed more than 70 and…
April 5, 2017
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Ahead of Chinese President Xi’s US Visit, Amnesty warns that rolling back human rights will unleash a more dangerous world
Any absence of human rights from the agenda of the first meeting between President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping,…
April 5, 2017