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Press Release
Yemen: Hospitals and medical workers under attack by anti-Huthi forces in Ta’iz
Anti-Huthi forces in Yemen’s southern city of Ta’iz are leading a campaign of harassment and intimidation against hospital staff and are endangering civilians by stationing fighters and military positions near medical facilities, said Amnesty International today.
November 22, 2016
Update
Update on Amnesty’s Post-Election Strategy and Work
We will fight any attempt to put President-elect Trump’s hateful, poisonous campaign rhetoric into policy.
November 21, 2016
Report
Window-dressing or pioneers of change? An assessment of Bahrain’s human rights oversight bodies
Five years after Bahrain’s 2011 uprising, which saw peaceful protesters beaten, shot, and killed in the streets, key reforms introduced to address human rights violations by the security forces have yet to deliver justice to the vast majority of victims and their families, said Amnesty International in a new report published today.
November 18, 2016
Press Release
Amnesty International USA Deeply Concerned About Human Rights Implications of Sessions’ Nomination as Attorney General
President-elect Donald Trump’s announcement that he intends to nominate Senator Jeff Sessions to serve as U.S. Attorney General raises serious questions and concerns about human rights protections affecting millions of people, Amnesty International USA said today.
November 18, 2016
Press Release
Dear President-elect Trump: Your Proposals are an Attack on Human Rights
Letter to President-elect Donald Trump following reports that his administration was considering establishing a registry of Muslims in the United States
November 17, 2016
Press Release
Slovenia: Constitutional right to water “must flow down to” Roma communities
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} A constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to water for all must be fully implemented to benefit the lives of Slovenia's Roma communities denied access to water, said Amnesty International. Whilst the amendment passed today recognises that everyone has the right to drinking water, some Romani communities are still forced to fetch water from polluted streams or public taps and do not have access to adequate toilets. “Enshrining access to drinking water as a constitutional human right is an important legal step forward for Slovenia,…
November 17, 2016
Report
Agents of the people: Four years of foreign agents law in Russia
More than a hundred organizations have seen their funding shrink, their reputations tarnished, and their staff intimidated under Russia’s draconian “foreign agents” law, said Amnesty International ahead of the fourth anniversary of its coming into force on November 21, 2012.
November 17, 2016
Press Release
Kenya: Extension of Dadaab closure deadline no change in policy
In response to today’s announcement by Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Interior and Coordination of National Government Joseph Nkaissery that plans to close down Dadaab refugee camp would be delayed by six months, Muthoni Wanyeki, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for East Africa, the Horn and the Great Lakes, said: “While we welcome the Cabinet Secretary’s pledge that repatriations will be carried out in a humane, dignified manner, the announcement is not a change in policy. Thousands of refugees remain at risk of forced repatriation to a war-torn country with and where they are at risk of death or injury in…
November 16, 2016
Press Release
Detained journalist beaten for protest in prison in India
Authorities must independently investigate the beating of eight prisoners, including journalist Santosh Yadav, in the Jagdalpur central jail, Amnesty International India said today.
November 15, 2016
Report
Iran: Macabre propaganda videos feature forced ‘confessions’ of executed Sunni men
Iran’s authorities have used crude propaganda tactics to dehumanize death penalty victims in the eyes of the public and divert attention away from the deeply flawed trials that led to their death sentences, said Amnesty International in a new report published today.
November 15, 2016
Press Release
Tech industry must speak out against Chinese censorship at World Internet Conference
Leaders from the tech industry gathering in Wuzhen, China, this week for the third World Internet Conference should send a clear message to the Chinese government that they are not prepared to be complicit in the widespread abuse of the rights to freedom of expression and privacy.
November 15, 2016
Press Release
ICC: States must strengthen, not abandon, only route to justice for millions of victims
Victims of war crimes, crimes against humanity and other serious violations deserve to have their day in court, Amnesty International said as it urged states to work to strengthen, rather than withdraw from, the International Criminal Court (ICC). The call comes on the eve of the 15th Assembly of States Parties (ASP)to the Rome Statute – the ICC’s founding treaty – taking place from 16 to 24 November in The Hague, Netherlands. “Rather than choosing to abandon what is in many cases the only avenue towards justice for millions of vulnerable victims of crimes under international law, states must engage…
November 15, 2016