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Syrian refugee women in Lebanon face heightened risk of exploitation and sexual harassment
Shortfalls in international assistance and discriminatory policies imposed by the Lebanese authorities are creating conditions that facilitate the exploitation and…
February 1, 2016
Report
Banks, Arms and Human Rights Violations
Inadequate and incomplete regulations and policies on financing the arms sector mean there is little to stop banks from financing…
January 29, 2016
Press Release
Chinese authorities intensify crackdown against critics with deplorable jail terms for rights activists
Three Chinese human rights campaigners who were handed jail sentences on Friday for publishing books on democracy and activism are…
January 29, 2016
Press Release
Serious gaps exposed in Luxembourg banking regulations to stem reckless arms trade that fuels atrocities
Inadequate and incomplete regulations and policies on financing the arms sector mean there is little to stop banks from financing…
January 29, 2016
Press Release
Guantánamo Now Open Longer Under President Obama Than President Bush
Two weeks after the Guantánamo Bay detention site entered its 15th year of operation, the detention site faces a new…
January 29, 2016
Press Release
Reinstatement of Nigerian army general implicated in mass murder makes mockery of commitments to end war crimes
The reinstatement of a senior Nigerian military general implicated in the mass murder of hundreds of detainees underlines the monumental…
January 29, 2016
Press Release
Dutch plan for EU refugee swap with Turkey is morally bankrupt
A new plan to tackle unprecedented refugee flows to Europe, mooted by the Dutch Presidency of the European Union today,…
January 28, 2016
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Turkey fails to respond to desperate pleas of seriously injured as deaths mount
The Turkish authorities are failing to respond to the desperate pleas of more than 20 injured residents sheltering for six…
January 28, 2016
Press Release
Myanmar must scrap or amend new law that could grant immunity to former presidents
Myanmar should immediately repeal or amend a new law passed today which could grant former presidents blanket immunity for human…
January 28, 2016
Report
Burundi: Suspected Mass Graves of Victims of 11 December Violence
Compelling new satellite images, video footage and witness accounts analyzed by Amnesty International strongly indicate that dozens of people killed…
January 27, 2016
Press Release
Appeals court in Egypt upholds prison sentence for five activists including poet Ahmed Said
Today’s appeals court ruling upholding a two-year prison sentence for five activists, who were convicted of allegedly taking part in…
January 27, 2016
Press Release
Satellite evidence in Burundi supports witness accounts of mass graves
Compelling new satellite images, video footage and witness accounts analyzed by Amnesty International in a new briefing strongly indicate that…
January 27, 2016