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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
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Mauritania must quash the death sentence against blogger
Mauritania must quash the death sentence handed down to a blogger for apostasy and release him unconditionally, Amnesty International said…
April 20, 2016
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Uzbekistan: Russian authorities complicit in forcibly returning hundreds of asylum-seekers and migrants to face torture
Hundreds of asylum-seekers, refugees and migrant workers have been deported and even abducted in forced returns from Russia to Uzbekistan,…
April 20, 2016
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Amnesty International USA Analysis of State Department Human Rights Reports
Following last week’s release of the 2016 Department of State Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, Amnesty International USA conducted…
April 19, 2016
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Zimbabwe: Deplorable attack on brother of missing activist must be urgently investigated Â
The brutal assault by Zimbabwe's state security agents on the brother of the abducted pro-democracy activist Itai Dzamara must be…
April 19, 2016