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Israel/OPT: All deliberate attacks on civilians reprehensible and unjustified
There can be no justification for a spate of deliberate deadly attacks by Palestinians on civilians over the past week…
November 20, 2015
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Mali: Armed group’s horrific siege of international hotel shows utter disregard for human life
The despicable attack on civilians at the Radisson hotel in Mali’s capital Bamako by members of the armed group Al…
November 20, 2015
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Refugee Crisis: Balkans border blocks leave thousands discriminated against and stranded in Greece
New border control rules implemented almost simultaneously by the governments of Macedonia, Serbia and Croatia over the past 48 hours…
November 20, 2015
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Syria: Fears for life of free expression advocate
Bassel Khartabil, a defender of freedom expression being held in conditions amounting to enforced disappearance may be facing a death…
November 20, 2015
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Amnesty International USA Calls on Attorney General Caldwell to Release Albert Woodfox Immediately
In the wake of the recent ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Albert Woodfox,…
November 20, 2015
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Suspending Resettlements of Approved Refugees is Cruel and Shameful
Governor Mike Pence of Indiana has refused to allow entry to two Syrian refugee families that were approved for resettlement…
November 19, 2015
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Indonesia: Papuan pro-independence activist jailed for raising a flag finally freed
Papuan pro-independence activist Filep Karma tasted freedom today after being unjustly jailed for more than a decade for simply raising…
November 19, 2015
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Brazil: Fresh hope for justice for 10-year-old boy shot dead in military police operation
The decision by Rio de Janeiro State Public Prosecutor’s Office to prosecute the killing of a 10-year-old boy in a…
November 19, 2015
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Amnesty International USA Statement on the Death of Jamar Clark
Amnesty International USA welcomes announcements that the FBI has initiated a civil rights investigation into the recent shooting death of…
November 19, 2015
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Amnesty International creates a new way to use Dubsmash, featuring recordings from Malala Yousafzai, Sir Patrick Stewart, and Pussy Riot
Amnesty International has partnered with Ogilvy & Mather to create Freedom Voices, a new category on the popular Dubsmash app.…
November 19, 2015
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Marcus Ray Johnson Set to be Executed in Georgia
The state of Georgia is scheduled to execute Marcus Ray Johnson this evening. Johnson was convicted of a 1994 rape…
November 19, 2015
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Obama Administration Transfers Five More Guantánamo Detainees
The U.S. military announced on Sunday that it had transferred five Yemeni detainees from the Guantánamo Bay detention camp to…
November 17, 2015