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Dropping the Ball: Qatar Failing to Make Progress on Migrant Rights
More than a year after Qatar’s government promised limited reforms to improve migrant labor rights, hopes of true progress are…
May 29, 2015
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Pardoned Nigeria Torture Victim ‘Overwhelmed’ By Campaign to Spare His Life
A Nigerian torture victim wrongfully sentenced to death for a crime committed when he was 16 years old has been…
May 29, 2015
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South East Asia: ‘Boat people’ crisis summit an opportunity that must not be missed
Representatives of 17 countries will gather in Bangkok on 29 May to discuss the current asylum seeker and migrant crisis…
May 28, 2015
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Saudi Arabia: 90 executions this year beat 2014’s disgraceful record
Saudi Arabia today has carried out its 90th execution so far this year, equalling the number of people executed in…
May 28, 2015
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Russia: Making troop deaths a secret ‘attacks freedom of expression’
A decree signed today by President Vladimir Putin making deaths of Russian forces “in peacetime” a state secret is yet…
May 28, 2015
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Scores of Yemen Civilians Killed and Injured by Anti-Aircraft Fire and Airstrikes On Weapons Depots
Scores of casualties in Sana’a have been caused by anti-aircraft munitions shot by the Huthi armed group which detonated after…
May 28, 2015
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Nebraska Legislature Overrides Veto of Death Penalty Repeal
Today the Nebraska legislature voted to override Governor Ricketts’ veto of a measure repealing the death penalty. Nebraska will now…
May 27, 2015
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Angolan Authorities Must Abandon Defamation Charges Against ‘Blood Diamonds’ Journalist
Angola’s authorities must abandon efforts to resuscitate the criminal defamation case against investigative journalist Rafael Marques de Morais, said Amnesty…
May 27, 2015
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UAE denies entry to Amnesty International expert
The United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) refusal to allow an Amnesty International expert to enter the country last night to speak…
May 27, 2015
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UK: Proposals in Queen’s Speech to Replace Human Rights Act Are “Very Worrying”
Responding to the announcement in today’s Queen’s Speech that the Government will introduce proposals to replace the Human Rights Act…
May 27, 2015
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Papua New Guinea: Vicious ‘sorcery’ killing leaves two more women at imminent risk
Authorities in Papua New Guinea must urgently step up protection for two women accused of “sorcery” whose lives are at…
May 26, 2015
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Peru: The price of protest must not be death
Planned protests against a copper mining project in southern Peru must be allowed to go ahead peacefully and without police…
May 26, 2015