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One year on, Burundians pay the price of entrenched human rights crisis
One year on from the start of the Burundi crisis, the human rights situation in the country continues to deteriorate…
April 26, 2016
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Mass arrests in ruthlessly efficient bid to block peaceful protest in Egypt
Security forces arbitrarily arrested hundreds of people in response to planned protests in Egypt yesterday, said Amnesty International, after large…
April 26, 2016
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Authorities fail to curb brutal killing spree as LGBTI editor hacked to death in Bangladesh
Xulhaz Mannan, 35, the editor of Roopbaan, Bangladesh’s first LGBTI magazine, and his friend Tanay Mojumdar were both hacked to…
April 25, 2016
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Obama and Congress Must Do More for Refugees
In response to President Obama’s foreign policy speech today in Hannover, Germany describing the need for continued engagement in the…
April 25, 2016
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New report on Ayotzinapa disappearances in Mexico reveals government’s determination to sweep tragedy under the carpet
A damning report by an independent group of experts into the enforced disappearance of 43 Mexican students in September 2014…
April 25, 2016
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Saudi Arabia: Counter-terror court sentences human rights activist in relentless onslaught against civil society
The sentencing of human rights activist Issa al-Hamid to nine years in prison and a travel ban of equal duration…
April 24, 2016
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Burkina Faso: Forced and early marriage puts thousands of girls at risk
Early and forced marriage in Burkina Faso is robbing thousands of girls as young as 13 of their childhood, while…
April 22, 2016
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Nigeria: Military cover-up of mass slaughter at Zaria exposed
Mass slaughter of hundreds of men, women and children by soldiers in Zaria and the attempted cover-up of this crime…
April 22, 2016
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FIFA/Qatar: New monitoring body ‘step in right direction’ but action on abuses needed now
Responding to FIFA's announcement of a new oversight body to monitor working conditions on stadiums for the 2022 World Cup…
April 22, 2016
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Amnesty International USA Calls on Chris Christie to End Bigotry and Fear-Mongering on Refugees
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie notified the U.S. government that the state is pulling out of the federal refugee resettlement…
April 21, 2016
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Indonesia: Police chief’s shocking torture admission only tip of iceberg
The confirmation of the use of torture by Indonesia’s security forces by Indonesia’s chief of police is an unprecedented turnaround…
April 21, 2016
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Sudan: Government must investigate brutal killing of 18-year-old university student by intelligence agentsÂ
The brutal killing of an 18-year-old Sudanese university student by intelligence agents yesterday must be urgently and impartially investigated, Amnesty…
April 20, 2016