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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
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Shell faces Dutch court for Niger Delta oil damage
The oil giant Shell could be exposed to a raft of compensation claims and be forced to disclose previously withheld…
December 15, 2015
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Tech companies must reject China’s repressive internet rules
Tech firms must reject the Chinese authorities’ efforts to influence global internet governance in ways that would curb freedom of…
December 15, 2015
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Nigeria: Killing of Shi’ites in Zaria must be urgently investigated
The shooting of members of a Shi’ite religious group in Zaria, Kaduna state, by the Nigerian army must be urgently…
December 15, 2015
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Tunisia: Sentencing of six men for same-sex relations highlights state’s entrenched homophobia
The jailing of six Tunisian men sentenced to three years in prison for sodomy is a shocking example of deep-rooted…
December 14, 2015