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Amnesty International to Send Delegation of Human Rights Observers to the Republican and Democratic 2016 National Conventions

Spate of Human Rights Violations at US Protests Leads to Unprecedented Monitoring

July 14, 2016

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South Sudan: Security forces deliberately preventing people from leaving the country

South Sudanese security forces are deliberately blocking people from leaving the country in violation of their right to freedom of…

July 14, 2016

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Right cause, wrong means: Human rights violated and justice denied in Cameroon’s fight against Boko Haram

More than 1,000 people, many arrested arbitrarily, are being held in horrific conditions and dozens are dying from disease and…

July 13, 2016

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More than 1,000 people accused of supporting Boko Haram held in horrific conditions in Cameroon

More than 1,000 people, many arrested arbitrarily, are being held in horrific conditions and dozens are dying from disease and…

July 13, 2016

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European Commission proposals on resettlement and asylum a cynical attempt to strengthen the walls of fortress Europe

A package of new proposals published by the European Union today risks rolling back basic protections for refugees and asylum…

July 13, 2016

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More than 1,000 people accused of supporting Boko Haram held in horrific conditions in Cameroon

More than 1,000 people, many arrested arbitrarily, are being held in horrific conditions and dozens are dying from disease and…

July 13, 2016

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Sheet of paper Report

Right cause, wrong means: Human rights violated and justice denied in Cameroon’s fight against Boko Haram

More than 1,000 people, many arrested arbitrarily, are being held in horrific conditions and dozens are dying from disease and…

July 13, 2016

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Supreme Court in Kyrgyzstan leaves 65-year-old Prisoner of Conscience languishing in jail

The failure of the Supreme Court of Kyrgyzstan to release 65-year old human rights defender and prisoner of conscience Azimjan…

July 12, 2016

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Hundreds disappeared and tortured amid wave of brutal repression in Egypt

Egypt’s National Security Agency (NSA) is abducting, torturing and forcibly disappearing people in an effort to intimidate opponents and wipe…

July 12, 2016

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Police must establish fate and whereabouts of disappeared Bangladesh hostage

Bangladeshi authorities must immediately establish the fate and whereabouts of a surviving hostage from the recent Dhaka restaurant attack who…

July 12, 2016

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African Union: South Sudan conflict lays bare regional failures

As a renewal of violence in South Sudan threatens to plunge the country back into full-scale civil war, Amnesty International…

July 12, 2016

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Scandalous proposal to increase jail terms for women accused of abortion in El Salvador

A new proposal by a group of parliamentarians from opposition party ARENA in El Salvador to increase jail terms for…

July 12, 2016