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Press Release
Russia: Police humiliate and mistreat hundreds of detained peaceful protesters
Hundreds of peaceful anti-corruption protesters in Russia’s two largest cities have been subjected to cruel and degrading treatment in police detention over the past 48 hours as authorities continue their crackdown on participants of mass rallies that took place across the country on June 12, Amnesty International said today.
June 14, 2017
Press Release
Australia: Compensation deal must lead to safe resettlement for refugees
A landmark settlement that forces the Australian government to pay more than AUS $70 million ($50 million U.S. ) in compensation to nearly 2,000 refugees and asylum seekers for illegally detaining them on Papua New Guinea’s Manus Island amid horrific conditions must lead to their safe resettlement, Amnesty International said today.
June 14, 2017
Press Release
Amnesty International Warns of Human Rights Consequences of Possible Cuba Policy Reversal
According to reports, the Trump administration is considering the reversal of US policy on Cuba, which could reinstate restrictions on travel and trade that had been previously eased by the Obama administration in 2014.
June 14, 2017
Report
All the Civilians Suffer: Conflict, Displacement and Abuse in Northern Myanmar
Civilians from minority ethnic groups suffer appalling violations and abuses, including war crimes, at the hands of Myanmar’s military and ethnic armed groups in the country’s Kachin and northern Shan states, Amnesty International said today in a new report based on three recent trips to the conflict area.
June 14, 2017
Press Release
Senate Vote for Saudi Arms Deal May Make U.S. Complicit in War Crimes
Following a Senate vote defeating a resolution to block an impending $500 million arms sale to Saudi Arabia, Joanne Lin, senior managing director of advocacy and government relations at Amnesty International USA, issued the following statement:
June 13, 2017
Press Release
Dozens of news sites blocked as Egypt ramps up digital censorship
The Egyptian authorities have shifted their onslaught against media freedom to the digital sphere, blocking access to more than 40 news sites without justification in recent weeks, in an attempt to eliminate the country’s last remaining spaces for criticism and free expression, said Amnesty International.
June 13, 2017
Press Release
Hungary: NGO law a vicious and calculated assault on civil society
The passing of a law stigmatizing non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that receive foreign funding is the latest in an escalating crackdown on critical voices and will hamper critically important work by civil society groups, said Amnesty international.
June 13, 2017
Press Release
Russia: Mass arrests tighten authorities’ stranglehold on freedom of expression
A crackdown on peaceful protests across Russia in which hundreds of people were arrested and numerous others beaten by police demonstrates the authorities’ utter contempt for fundamental human rights, Amnesty International said today.
June 12, 2017
Press Release
Trump Must Drop Defense of Discriminatory Muslim Ban
Following the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling against President Trump’s discriminatory Muslim ban, Margaret Huang, Amnesty International USA executive director, released the following statement:
June 12, 2017
Press Release
Pakistan: Quash conviction and death sentence for alleged blasphemy in Facebook post
Responding to an Anti-Terrorism court’s decision to convict and sentence to death a man for allegedly posting content on Facebook deemed to be ‘blasphemous,’ Amnesty International’s Pakistan campaigner, Nadia Rahman, said:
June 12, 2017
Press Release
Families ripped apart, freedom of expression under attack amid political dispute in Gulf
Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are toying with the lives of thousands of Gulf residents as part of their dispute with Qatar, splitting up families and destroying peoples’ livelihoods and education, Amnesty International said today.
June 12, 2017
Press Release
Turkey: Imprisonment of Amnesty Chair is a devastating injustice
The Turkish prosecution’s decision to charge Taner Kiliç, the Chair of Amnesty International Turkey, with “membership of a terrorist organisation” is a mockery of justice, and highlights the devastating impact of the Turkish authorities’ crackdown following the failed coup attempt in July last year, Amnesty International said today.
June 9, 2017