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Five years after the tragedy that sparked an uprising, human rights remain at risk in Tunisia and beyond
Five years since fruit-seller Mohamed Bouazizi sparked wide-ranging protests in Tunisia and the wider region after setting himself alight in…
December 17, 2015
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Ukraine: Communist Party ban decisive blow for freedom of speech in the country
Yesterday’s banning of the Communist Party in Ukraine is a flagrant violation of freedom of expression and association and should…
December 17, 2015
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Peshawar massacre set Pakistan on reprehensible execution spree
The devastating response of the Pakistani government in the wake of the sickening Peshawar school massacre has set the country…
December 17, 2015
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UK Government breaking the law supplying arms to Saudi Arabia say leading lawyers
The UK Government is breaking national, EU and international law and policy by supplying weapons to Saudi Arabia in the…
December 17, 2015
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Baltimore Police Urged to Exercise Restraint and Protect the Right to Protest
Following the announcement of a mistrial in the first of several trials related to the death of Freddie Gray in…
December 16, 2015
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Ethiopia: Anti-terror rhetoric will escalate brutal crackdown against Oromo protesters
Protesters have been labelled ‘terrorists’ by Ethiopian authorities in an attempt to violently suppress protests against potential land seizures, which…
December 16, 2015
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Viet Nam: Arrest of human rights lawyer highlights spurious commitment to human rights
Authorities in Viet Nam must immediately and unconditionally release human rights lawyer Nguyễn Vãn Ðài, who has been detained on…
December 16, 2015
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Northern Ireland: Time for Change as Abortion Law Declared Breach of Human Rights
Amnesty International has called for an urgent change in abortion law in Northern Ireland after a judgment by Belfast’s High…
December 16, 2015
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UN Must Get Tough on Peacekeeper Sex Abuse
The United Nations must establish its own oversight of peacekeepers, with special watchdogs in UN missions to investigate allegations of…
December 16, 2015
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European Parliament Prize exposes EU inaction on Saudi Arabia’s human rights abuses
Today’s awarding of the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to Raif Badawi by the European Parliament (EP) shines a…
December 16, 2015
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Kuwait at risk of sliding into deeper repression amid growing clampdown on critics
The Kuwaiti authorities have arrested, prosecuted and imprisoned scores of peaceful activists, including human rights defenders and political opponents, in…
December 16, 2015
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Turkey: EU risks complicity in violations as refugees and asylum-seekers locked up and deported
The European Union (EU) is in danger of being complicit in serious human rights violations against refugees and asylum-seekers, said…
December 16, 2015