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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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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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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

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Shooting of newspaper editor in Lesotho is a chilling attack on freedom of expression

Authorities in Lesotho must launch a prompt, independent and impartial investigation after the editor of the Lesotho Times Lloyd Mutungamiri…

July 11, 2016

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Indian Government and Coal India sacrifice indigenous rights in the name of development

Mining operations by India’s state-owned Coal India Limited, the world’s largest coal producer, are shutting out indigenous Adivasi communities from…

July 11, 2016

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Jammu and Kashmir authorities must allow medical care for injured protestors

Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir must ensure that people injured in shootings by security forces have access to medical assistance,…

July 11, 2016

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Renewed clashes in South Sudan put civilians at risk, underline need for arms embargo

Warring parties in South Sudan must take all possible measures to protect civilians, including thousands of internally displaced people currently…

July 11, 2016

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When Land Is Lost, Do We Eat Coal?: Coal Mining and Violations of Adivasi Rights in India

Mining operations by India’s state-owned Coal India Limited, the world’s largest coal producer, are shutting out indigenous Adivasi communities from…

July 11, 2016

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The Right to Peaceful Protest of Shootings by Police Must Be Protected

Mass arrests followed several rallies protesting several recent killings of black men by police across the country last night. Amnesty…

July 10, 2016

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Two years after Gaza offensive on still no justice for war crimes victims

July 8, 2016, marks the second anniversary of the start of a 50-day Israeli military offensive which brought unprecedented death…

July 8, 2016

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The secretive world of torturous prisons within prisons in Viet Nam

A new report published by Amnesty International today casts a rare light on the torture and other harrowing treatment of…

July 8, 2016