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Azerbaijan releases human rights lawyer Intigam Aliyev
The Azerbaijani authorities today released prominent human rights lawyer Intigam Aliyev in what Amnesty International billed an overdue step towards…
March 28, 2016
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Ukraine: Murder of lawyer a chilling blow to justice
The hideous murder of lawyer Yuri Grabovski, whose body was found in central Ukraine bearing gunshot wounds, is a chilling…
March 25, 2016
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Execution of three men in Malaysia
After Malaysia hanged three men for murder on Friday morning local time, Amnesty International’s Campaigns Director for Southeast Asia and…
March 25, 2016
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Japan: Two hanged as chilling executions continue
The Japanese authorities’ reprehensible execution of two people today, continues to place the country on the wrong side of history,…
March 25, 2016
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Teen who challenged torture in Egypt released after more than two years
The release on bail of Mahmoud Hussein in the early hours of this morning offers a faint glimmer of…
March 25, 2016
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China: Prominent blogger’s family detained over letter lambasting President Xi
The Chinese authorities must call off their manhunt against those it believes are behind the publication of a letter calling…
March 25, 2016
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Saudi Arabia: Journalist sentenced to five years in prison for tweets latest victim of ruthless crackdown
The sentencing of journalist Alaa Brinji to five years in prison, an eight-year travel ban and a fine of 50,000…
March 25, 2016
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Israel/OPT: Suspected extrajudicial execution of Palestinian caught on video
An Israeli soldier has been filmed shooting dead a Palestinian man in Hebron as he lay wounded on the ground…
March 24, 2016
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Bosnia-Herzegovina: Karadžić found guilty of Srebrenica genocide, but ruling leaves life unchanged for many survivors
Today’s guilty verdict handed down by a UN Court in The Hague against former Bosnian-Serb leader Radovan Karadžić for…
March 24, 2016
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New government in Myanmar must break vicious cycle of repression and political arrests
Myanmar’s new government will take office with a historic opportunity to change course on human rights but must break away…
March 23, 2016
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Malaysia: Stop execution of prisoner due to be hanged on Friday
The Malaysian government must halt the execution of a 34-year-old man due to be hanged this Friday for murder, said…
March 23, 2016
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Syrian refugees in Jordan blocked from accessing critical health services
The combination of grossly inadequate support from the international community and barriers imposed by the government of Jordan are leaving…
March 23, 2016