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New video highlights escape from IS of two wheelchair-bound refugees
Footage released by Amnesty International today shows the remarkable journey of two refugees, Alan Mohammad, 30, and his sister Gyan,…
September 8, 2016
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Zimbabwe: Allow public demonstrations as per court ruling
The government of Zimbabwe must respect a court ruling overturning the ban on protests in the country, Amnesty International said…
September 7, 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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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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Obama and ASEAN in Laos: The questions journalists should be allowed to ask
In advance of the US-ASEAN Summit, the Lao authorities should lift all restrictions on journalists and allow them to do…
September 6, 2016
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Viet Nam: President Hollande must back one woman’s fight for justice
President Francois Hollande of France must confront Vietnamese authorities over their treatment of one women’s fight for justice when he…
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
Report
Honduras/Guatemala: Attacks on the rise in 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 30, 2016
Press Release
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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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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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