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UN Security Council must send a clear message to North Korea to end crimes against humanity
The UN Security Council must send an unequivocal message to the North Korean authorities to end the systematic, widespread and…
December 10, 2015
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Commission Action against Hungary Step Towards Restoring Rights of Refugees
The opening of the infringement procedure by the European Commission against Hungary in relation to its asylum law that entered…
December 10, 2015
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President Obama Must Cancel $1.29b Arms Deal with Saudi Arabia
Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) called today on President Obama to cancel a $1.29 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia that…
December 10, 2015
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Cape Town International Airport unveils giant Mandela memorial tapestry
A giant tapestry in honor of Nelson Mandela has been unveiled at the Cape Town International Airport, on 10 December…
December 10, 2015
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Egypt: Continued detention of photojournalist Shawkan for more than 800 days is an affront to press freedom
The Egyptian authorities’ continued detention of photojournalist Mahmoud Abu Zeid, widely known as Shawkan, exposes the rank hypocrisy behind their…
December 10, 2015
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Voluntary Reporting Undercuts FBI Data Collection Reforms on Use of Force
The FBI recently announced plans to improve its system for tracking fatal police shootings and said it would begin collecting…
December 9, 2015
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U.S. Immigration Authorities Must Abide by International Obligations on Detention of Immigrants and Asylum Seekers
Over the past two months, detainees in 10 immigration detention facilities across Texas, Alabama, Louisiana, Florida and California have staged…
December 9, 2015
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Usher Joins Art for Amnesty USA for Art for Rights in New Orleans on December 12
Usher Raymond IV, in partnership with Sankofa.org, announced today that he will join Amnesty International USA’s Art for Amnesty for…
December 9, 2015
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Thailand: US Ambassador probe highlights ‘absurd’ restrictions on freedom of expression
Thailand must stop using the lèse majesté law to criminalize freedom of expression, Amnesty International said today as the US…
December 9, 2015
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Azerbaijan: Release of Leyla Yunus should spur freedom for all prisoners of conscience
Today’s conditional release of Leyla Yunus, one of Azerbaijan’s most prominent human rights defenders, should be followed by immediately and…
December 9, 2015
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Viet Nam: End wave of brutal attacks against human rights defenders
The Vietnamese authorities must put an end to a wave of vicious and violent attacks on human rights defenders and…
December 9, 2015
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Risk of humanitarian disaster in Jordan as 12,000 refugees from Syria stranded in ‘no man’s land’
Jordan must take immediate action to assist up to 12,000 refugees who have been denied entry to the country and…
December 9, 2015