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Reaction to The Guardian’s damning report on refugee abuse on Nauru
Responding to The Guardian's "Nauru files" leak today, Amnesty International's Senior Director for Research Anna Neistat said: "This leak has laid bare…
August 11, 2016
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Journalists detained for reporting on corruption in Oman
Oman’s authorities have carried out a string of journalist arrests in recent weeks signaling a growing crackdown on freedom of…
August 10, 2016
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Philippines: President’s ‘Shoot to kill’ directive violates fundamental right to life
Philippine President Duterte’s promise on August 5 to maintain a “shoot to kill” order in his crackdown on crime is…
August 10, 2016
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Maldives: New defamation bill another blow to free media
Responding to the Maldivian Parliament’s passage today of a new defamation bill, Champa Patel, Amnesty International’s Director, South Asia Regional…
August 10, 2016
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India: End of Irom Sharmila’s hunger strike an opportunity to repeal AFSPA
Amnesty International Prisoner of Conscience Irom Chanu Sharmila ended her 16-year-long hunger strike against the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act…
August 10, 2016
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Congressional letter urges State Department to address human rights in Mexico
Amnesty International supported a letter that Congressman Alan Lowenthal, along with 68 of his House of Representatives colleagues, sent to…
August 10, 2016
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Women’s rights activists treated as enemies of the state in renewed crackdown in Iran
Iranian authorities have intensified their repression of women’s rights activists in the country in the first half of this year,…
August 9, 2016
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Attack on Quetta hospital in Pakistan an abhorrent disregard for the sanctity of life
An apparently pre-planned suicide attack, which killed at least 63 people and wounded more than 50 others in a hospital…
August 8, 2016
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Dozens killed as police use excessive force against peaceful protesters in Ethiopia
At least 97 people were killed and hundreds more injured when Ethiopian security forces fired live bullets at peaceful protesters…
August 8, 2016
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Uganda minister’s remarks against LGBTI people amount to advocacy of hatred
Reacting to threats by Uganda’s Minister of Ethics and Integrity Simon Lokodo that he will suppress the activities of lesbian,…
August 8, 2016
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Massive hydroelectric dam threatens Indigenous communities in Canada
A massive hydroelectric dam now under construction in the Canadian province of British Columbia violates Canada’s commitments to uphold the…
August 8, 2016
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Amnesty International USA: Drone Disclosures a Welcome but Incomplete Step
WASHINGTON, D.C.—In response to today’s release of the Presidential Policy Guidance—a document setting out U.S. standards that appears to apply…
August 6, 2016