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Authorities must reveal the whereabouts of a journalist arrested in Cameroon three months ago
Cameroon's authorities must reveal the whereabouts of a journalist who has been held in secret detention since his arrest three…
October 30, 2015
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Following Prisoner Release, Amnesty International Urges Administration to Do More to End Mass Incarceration
In response to the Justice Department finalizing the release of roughly 6,000 federal inmates, Amnesty International USA executive director, Steven…
October 30, 2015
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Secretary Kerry Must Raise Issue of Arbitrary Extensions of Sentences for Prisoners of Conscience with Uzbek Officials
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is set to visit Central Asian countries, including Uzbekistan, over the coming days for…
October 30, 2015
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Brazilian cluster munitions suspected in Saudi Arabia led coalition attack in Yemen
Saudi Arabia-led coalition forces appear to have used a Brazilian variant of internationally banned cluster munitions on a residential neighborhood…
October 30, 2015
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Reform of one child policy in China not enough
Chinese women will remain at risk of intrusive forms of contraception and coerced or forced abortions, despite the authorities announcing…
October 29, 2015
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Singapore: Halt imminent execution of Malaysian national
The Singaporean authorities must immediately halt the imminent execution of 31-year-old Malaysian national Kho Jabing amid concerns his death sentence…
October 29, 2015
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Obama Administration Stands up to Congress, Transfers Guantánamo Detainee after 13 Years of Detention without Charges or Trial
The U.S. military announced today that it released Ahmed Ould Abd al Aziz from the Guantánamo Bay detention facility and…
October 29, 2015
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Australia: Damning evidence of officials’ involvement in transnational crime uncovered
New evidence gathered by Amnesty International suggests that Australia’s maritime border control operations now resemble a lawless venture with evidence…
October 28, 2015
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Turkmenistan: Satellite images reveal how mass forced evictions blight upcoming Asian Games
An estimated 50,000 or more people have been forcibly evicted from their homes as part of a push to “beautify”…
October 28, 2015
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Yemen: Bombing of MSF hospital may amount to a war crime
The apparently deliberate targeting and destruction of a hospital supported by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in northern Yemen last night,…
October 27, 2015
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Bangladesh: Two opposition leaders face imminent execution after serious flaws in their trials and appeals
Two opposition politicians face imminent hanging for crimes committed during the 1971 Independence War after serious flaws occurred in their…
October 27, 2015
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Israeli forces in Occupied Palestinian Territories must end pattern of unlawful killings
Israeli forces have carried out a series of unlawful killings of Palestinians using intentional lethal force without justification, said Amnesty…
October 27, 2015