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Bangladesh: Release Facebook user who criticised Prime Minister
The Bangladeshi authorities must immediately release a 22-year-old student activist detained for two Facebook posts criticising the country’s Prime Minister,…
September 6, 2016
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Russia: Blogger jailed for playing Pokémon Go in a cathedral must be immediately released
The detention of Ruslan Sokolovsky, a Russian blogger from Yekaterinburg (Urals region) who was sentenced to administrative arrest for two…
September 6, 2016
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Human Rights Abuses in Laos, the Philippines and Myanmar Must Lead Obama’s Human Rights Agenda for Asian Summit
As President Obama prepares for next week’s Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Laos, Amnesty International USA has…
September 1, 2016
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Australia: Reforms to justice system essential to protect the rights of Indigenous youth
Major reforms must be undertaken by the authorities in the Australian state of Queensland to protect the rights of Indigenous…
August 31, 2016
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Australia: Official documents reveal serious incidents of abuse in Queensland juvenile detention centres
Australia must establish independent bodies to investigate child abuse in its detention facilities across the country, Amnesty International said today…
August 30, 2016
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Bangladesh: Halt imminent execution of Mir Quasem Ali after unfair trial
The Bangladesh authorities must halt the imminent execution of a senior political leader who has been sentenced to death following…
August 30, 2016
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DRC: Release of pro-democracy activists cause for celebration
The release of four Congolese pro-democracy activists, including Amnesty International Prisoners of Conscience Fred Bauma and Yves Makwambala, is cause…
August 30, 2016
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Kenya: Set up judicial inquiry into hundreds of enforced disappearances and killings
The Kenyan government must set up a judicial commission of inquiry to investigate and bring to justice all those suspected…
August 30, 2016
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Laos: #WhereIsSombath
As the International Day of the Disappeared is marked around the world, the Laos authorities must promptly, thoroughly and effectively…
August 30, 2016
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Amnesty International USA Calls on Authorities to Protect Peaceful Protest at Dakota Access Oil Pipeline Site
After sending a delegation of human rights observers to monitor protest conditions, Amnesty International USA today called on state and…
August 30, 2016
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Attacks on the rise in Honduras and Guatemala, the world’s deadliest countries for environmental activists
An insidious wave of threats, bogus charges, smear campaigns, attacks and killings of environmental and land activists in recent months…
August 29, 2016
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U.S. must go beyond resettlement goals and welcome more Syrian refugees
After reports that the United States will meet its goal of taking in 10,000 Syrian refugees, Amnesty International USA issued…
August 29, 2016