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Republic of Congo: Air strikes hit residential areas including schools

Air strikes on residential areas in the south eastern Pool region of Congo that have reportedly resulted in deaths, casualties…

April 18, 2016

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Amnesty International Releases New Report on Refugee Crisis, Pushes Obama to Do More

With all eyes focused on the implementation of the recently agreed EU-Turkey deal, the plight of more than 46,000 refugees…

April 18, 2016

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Gambia: Death in detention of key political activist

Authorities in Gambia must immediately investigate the death in detention of a well-known political activist and release all other peaceful…

April 17, 2016

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Amnesty International USA Reaction to Transfer of Guantánamo Detainees

The Department of Defense announced an additional nine transfers of Guantanamo detainees to Saudi Arabia today.

April 16, 2016

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Terrifying eyewitness video of life under siege in Syria must spur humanitarian lifeline

The terrifying reality of the Syrian government’s relentless barrel bombing of the besieged city of Daraya, outside Damascus, is made…

April 15, 2016

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Malawi: Murder of baby with albinism highlights failure to protect vulnerable group

The horrific murder of a two-year-old girl with albinism highlights the failure by the Malawi’s authorities to adequately protect this…

April 15, 2016

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Greece: Europe must shoulder the burden for 46,000 refugees and migrants trapped in squalor

With all eyes focused on the implementation of the recently agreed EU-Turkey deal, the plight of more than 46,000 refugees…

April 15, 2016

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The Eldorado dos Carajás massacre: 20 years of impunity and violence in Brazil

Twenty years on from a brutal massacre of landless farm workers by Brazil’s military police, impunity persists for crimes committed…

April 15, 2016

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Greece: Europe must shoulder the burden for 46,000 refugees and migrants trapped in squalor

With all eyes focused on the implementation of the recently agreed EU-Turkey deal, the plight of more than 46,000 refugees…

April 15, 2016

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Ruggie Report: Migrant workers in Qatar cannot afford more broken promises from FIFA

FIFA President Gianni Infantino cannot afford to continue the organization’s indifference to human rights abuses in Qatar, said Amnesty International…

April 14, 2016

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Malaysia: Prominent Human Rights Activist Convicted in Politically Motivated Sedition Trial

The conviction of prominent lawyer and human rights activist Haris Ibrahim of sedition highlights Malaysia’s increasing determination to crush any…

April 14, 2016

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Ban on ethnic Crimean Tatar assembly aimed at snuffing out dissent

Today’s decision to suspend the Mejlis, a representative body of ethnic Crimean Tatars in Crimea, demolishes one of the few…

April 13, 2016