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Danish Parliament should reject cruel and regressive changes to refugee law
Proposed changes to Denmark’s refugee law would have a devastating impact on vulnerable people who, in addition to having assets…
January 19, 2016
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Onslaught on Kurdish areas in Turkey putting hundreds of thousands of lives at risk
The Turkish government’s onslaught on Kurdish towns and neighborhoods, which includes round-the-clock curfews and cuts to services, is putting the…
January 19, 2016
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Devastating news of the deaths of Leila Alaoui and Mahamadi Ouédraogo
It is with great sadness that Amnesty International has learned of the tragic death of photographer Leila Alaoui and driver…
January 19, 2016
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Northern Iraq: Satellite images back up evidence of deliberate mass destruction in Peshmerga-controlled Arab villages
Peshmerga forces from the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and Kurdish militias in northern Iraq have bulldozed, blown up and burned…
January 15, 2016
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Female refugees face physical assault, exploitation and sexual harassment on their journey through Europe
Governments and aid agencies are failing to provide even basic protections to women refugees traveling from Syria and Iraq. New…
January 15, 2016
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Child Labor Behind Smart Phone and Electric Car Batteries Exposed
Major electronics brands, including Apple, Samsung and Sony, are failing to do basic checks to ensure that cobalt mined by…
January 15, 2016
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Detention of academics in Turkey intensifies crackdown on freedom of expression
The detention of 19 academics in Turkey represents a new assault on the imperiled right to freedom of expression, Amnesty…
January 15, 2016
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Hundreds of academics urge China’s President to free Professor Ilham Tohti
Top scholars call on Chinese government to respect academic freedom, in an open letter to President Xi Jinping on second…
January 14, 2016
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Attack on Pakistan TV station highlights perils facing freedom of expression
The grenade attack on the offices of ARY TV in Islamabad represents yet another strike against freedom of expression in…
January 14, 2016
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Ethiopia: Civil society groups urge the international community to address killing of Oromo protesters
Amnesty International, CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation, and the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project (DefendDefenders)…
January 14, 2016
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Vicious Jakarta attack shows utter contempt for human life
A series of bomb blasts and shootings that rocked Jakarta this morning have killed at least seven people, five of…
January 14, 2016
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Ten Additional Guantánamo Detainees Transferred
After President Obama committed once again to closing Guantánamo in his State of the Union speech Tuesday night, the Department…
January 14, 2016