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Amnesty International USA Responds to Ferguson Commission Report
A commission formed by Missouri Governor Jay Nixon to examine racial disparities and other social and economic conditions in the…
September 14, 2015
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EU interior ministerial meeting again highlights Europe’s dismal failure to respond to global refugee crisis
European Union (EU) representatives have once again dismally failed to show collective leadership and respond to the global refugee crisis,…
September 14, 2015
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Sentence against Venezuela opposition leader shows utter lack of judicial independence
The 13 years and nine months prison sentence against a Venezuelan opposition leader without any credible evidence against him shows…
September 11, 2015
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Hungary: Deplorable images in asylum-seekers reception center
The shocking images of scores of refugees and asylum-seekers being thrown food by Hungarian police at a registration center in…
September 11, 2015
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Authorities must free human rights activist in Angola
Angolan authorities must drop the charge of “rebellion” against human rights activist José Marcos Mavungo and immediately and unconditionally free…
September 11, 2015
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Amnesty International USA Responds to Former CIA Officials’ Defense of Torture
Today, former CIA officials purported to respond to last year’s Senate Intelligence Committee report on CIA torture by releasing a…
September 9, 2015
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New European Commission proposals still far from solving refugee crisis
New proposals announced today by the European Commission to address the global refugee crisis will make steps towards protecting refugees…
September 9, 2015
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Manipur, India must impartially investigate abuses related to protests
The Manipur government should carry out prompt, full and independent investigations into all allegations of human rights abuses related to…
September 9, 2015
Report
A Union of Protection: Amnesty International’s Agenda for Refugee Protection in Europe
In the first eight months of 2015, more than 350,000 people reached the EU in search of protection or a…
September 8, 2015
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Iran: Schoolteacher due to be executed at dawn
The Iranian authorities must immediately halt the execution of Mahmoud Barati, a teacher who was convicted of drug-related offenses following…
September 8, 2015
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Syria: Arbitrary detentions and blatantly unfair trials mar PYD fight against terrorism
The Democratic Union Party (PYD)-led autonomous administration in northern Syria is using a crackdown against terrorism and the armed group…
September 8, 2015
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Drastic change in response needed to tackle refugee crisis
European leaders’ response to the burgeoning refugee crisis has been incoherent and lacking in leadership, ambition and compassion, said Amnesty…
September 8, 2015