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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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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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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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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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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
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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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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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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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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
Report
“Treated with Indolence:” The State’s Response to Disappearances in Mexico
Systemic incompetence and a complete lack of will by state and federal authorities in Mexico to properly search for and…
January 13, 2016
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Report: Gross incompetence and inertia fuels disappearances epidemic in Mexico
Systemic incompetence and a complete lack of will by state and federal authorities in Mexico to properly search for and…
January 13, 2016
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Uganda must suspend ‘crime preventers’ ahead of elections
The Ugandan government should urgently suspend the crime preventer program ahead of the February 2016 national elections, said Amnesty International, Human Rights…
January 13, 2016