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Boko Haram Summit:Â Human rights must be foundation of regional response
Accountability for human rights violations and abuses should be an indispensable part of the regional response to Boko Haram, Amnesty International said today.
May 13, 2016
Press Release
Amnesty International USA Statement on the Passing of Michael Ratner
Amnesty International USA was deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Michael Ratner, a groundbreaking human rights attorney and activist and a longtime friend and ally of the organization. For decades, he dedicated his life and legal expertise toward the advancement of human rights and the upholding of the United States Constitution. He served as President Emeritus of the Center for Constitutional Rights and courageously provided legal representation for so many, including WikiLeaks and Julian Assange.
May 13, 2016
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Nigeria: False military claims against Amnesty International’s Giwa barracks report
The claim by Brigadier General Rabe Abubakar that Amnesty International was granted access to Giwa barracks detention center and that it had “accessed the facilities” is completely false. Amnesty International has repeatedly requested access to the detention center and it has never been granted.
May 13, 2016
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Halting executions will be a show of strength in Indonesia
President Joko Widodo should seize the opportunity to show that his government has the resolve to stand up for human rights by halting the imminent executions of up to 15 people, Amnesty International said today.
May 13, 2016
Press Release
Armed opposition groups committing war crimes in Aleppo city
Armed groups surrounding the Sheikh Maqsoud district of Aleppo city have repeatedly carried out indiscriminate attacks that have struck civilian homes, streets, markets and mosques, killing and injuring civilians and displaying a shameful disregard for human life, said Amnesty International.
May 12, 2016
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Teenager tortured into confessing is days away from execution in Iran
The Iranian authorities must urgently halt the scheduled execution this Sunday of a teenager who was just 15 years old at the time of his arrest, said Amnesty International.
May 12, 2016
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Syria: Comprehensive humanitarian access needed after aid delivery to besieged Daraya thwarted and followed by deadly shelling
The Syrian government’s refusal today to allow a sorely needed humanitarian aid convoy into the town of Daraya is a cruel reality check of the suffering of thousands of civilians besieged there since 2012, Amnesty International said.
May 12, 2016
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Sudanese President Al-Bashir must be arrested in Uganda and surrendered to the ICC
Uganda must immediately arrest Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir and hand him over to the International Criminal Court (ICC), said Amnesty International today. Al-Bashir, who is on the court’s wanted list, arrived in Kampala this morning to attend the inauguration of President Yoweri Museveni.
May 12, 2016
Update
Russia: Stop the Foul Play
The World Ice Hockey Championship is taking place in Russia from May 6-22. It is ironic that the championship started on the day of the fourth anniversary of the Bolotnaya Square events.
May 11, 2016
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Rights violations loom large over Museveni inauguration in Uganda
The Ugandan authorities must halt the shameful assault on human rights that has cast a stain on the country’s electoral and post-electoral period, said Amnesty International today, on the eve of President Yoweri Museveni inauguration for a fifth five-year term.
May 11, 2016
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Babies and children dying in military detention in Nigeria
Eleven children under the age of six, including four babies, are among 149 people who have died this year following their detention in horrendous conditions in the notorious Giwa barracks detention center in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Amnesty International reveals today.
May 10, 2016
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Nizami execution in Bangladesh will not deliver justice
The execution of Motiur Rahman Nizami today is a deplorable move by the Bangladeshi authorities which will not deliver justice to the victims of war crimes, Amnesty International said today. Nizami, the current chief of Bangladeshi political party Jamaat-e-Islami, was hanged at Dhaka Central Jail today. He was sentenced to death by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) in Bangladesh in October 2014 after he was convicted of charges relating murder, torture, rape and the mass killing of intellectuals during Bangladesh’s War of Independence in 1971.
May 10, 2016