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Press Release
Kenya: Investigate killings of lawyer, two men
Kenyan authorities must urgently investigate the killing last week of three men, including a human rights lawyer, and ensure that those found responsible are held to account in fair trials, 34 Kenyan and international human rights organizations said today. Human rights activists will today hold demonstrations in Nairobi and other parts of Kenya today to protest the heinous killings.
July 4, 2016
Press Release
South Korea: Five year sentence against union leader a chilling blow to peaceful protest
The five-year prison sentence handed down to a prominent union leader is the latest example of how the government is galvanising its attack on the right to freedom of peaceful assembly in South Korea, Amnesty International said today.
July 4, 2016
Press Release
Amnesty report: Abductions, torture and summary killings at the hands of armed groups in Syria
Armed groups operating in Aleppo, Idleb and surrounding areas in the north of Syria have carried out a chilling wave of abductions, torture and summary killings, said Amnesty International in a new briefing published today.
July 3, 2016
Report
Torture Was My Punishment: Abductions, Torture and Summary Killings Under Armed Group Rule in Aleppo and Idleb, Syria
Armed groups operating in Aleppo, Idleb and surrounding areas in the north of Syria have carried out a chilling wave of abductions, torture and summary killings, said Amnesty International in a new briefing published today.
July 3, 2016
Press Release
Amnesty International USA Responds to Drone Casualty Disclosure
Today, the Obama administration disclosed its assessment of the number of individuals killed by U.S. drone strikes since 2009.
July 1, 2016
Press Release
Huge spike in number of deaths committed by Police in Rio ahead of the Olympic Games
A shocking increase of 135 percent in the number of people killed by police officers in the city of Rio de Janeiro in the run up to the Olympics lays bare the security services’ chilling disregard to the right of life, said Amnesty International today.
July 1, 2016
Press Release
Boko Haram attack brings total killed to nearly 500 in a year in Cameroon
At least 480 civilians have been killed since Boko Haram has significantly increased its attacks in Cameroon and begun deliberately targeting civilians in suicide bombings, Amnesty International said today.
June 30, 2016
Press Release
Allow Ethiopian opposition politician to obtain treatment abroad for torture-sustained injuries
The Ethiopian authorities must allow an opposition politician who is now unconscious due to injuries sustained in torture and other ill-treatment to obtain life-saving medical treatment abroad, said Amnesty International in a letter to Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn.
June 30, 2016
Update
3 Ways Saudi Arabia Is Abusing Human Rights – and How They’re Getting Away With It
Amnesty International is calling for Saudi Arabia to be suspended from the UN Human Rights Council – here’s why. 1. Crackdown on activists Saudi Arabia has continued a sweeping crackdown on human rights activists. All of the country’s prominent and independent human rights defenders have been imprisoned, threatened into silence or have fled the country. More and more have been sentenced to years in prison under the country’s 2014 counter-terror law. Among the many people imprisoned is Raif Badawi’s lawyer, Waleed Abu al-Khair. Scores more were jailed under the law after unfair trials in 2015 and 2016, including human rights…
June 29, 2016
Press Release
Police must be held accountable for death in custody in Malaysia
The Malaysian authorities’ failure to hold anyone accountable for the death in custody of N. Dharmendran raises serious questions about their commitment to ending serious human rights violations, Amnesty International said today.
June 29, 2016
Press Release
Refugees and migrants fleeing sexual violence, abuse and exploitation in Libya
Horrifying accounts of sexual violence, killings, torture and religious persecution collected by Amnesty International reveal the shocking range of abuses along the smuggling routes to and through Libya.
June 29, 2016
Update
U.S. Corporations in Myanmar Asked to Come Clean
For many people around the world, their most direct contact with the United States is through the operations of American corporations. So it is in our interest that these companies respect human rights.
June 28, 2016