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Amnesty International USA Response to California Solitary Confinement Settlement
The state of California settled a federal lawsuit yesterday by agreeing to limit its use of solitary confinement. The state…
September 2, 2015
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Azerbaijan: Government jails award winning journalist as crackdown intensifies
Azerbaijan’s jailing of an award winning journalist barely two weeks after two prominent human rights activists received jail sentences is…
September 1, 2015
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Amnesty International response to detention of VICE News journalists in Turkey
Responding to news that three journalists from Vice News have been charged and remanded in pre-trial detention, Amnesty International’s Turkey…
September 1, 2015
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Charges Filed Against Syrian Official for Torture of Maher Arar, Survivor of Rendition in US War on Terror
Today, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) charged a Syrian official for the torture of Canadian citizen Maher Arar almost…
September 1, 2015
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Amnesty Calls for Release of Three Journalists Working for VICE in Turkey
“It is completely proper that that journalists should cover this important story. The decision to detain the journalists was wrong,…
August 31, 2015
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Guilty verdict against Al Jazeera journalists in Egypt affront to justice
The guilty verdicts handed down against Al Jazeera journalists Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed are an affront to justice that…
August 29, 2015
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Lebanon security forces using excessive force against protesters must be held to account
The Lebanese authorities should investigate allegations that security forces used excessive force to disperse residents protesting in Beirut over the…
August 29, 2015
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Art for Amnesty and the Eugene Lang College at the New School Present Course on Dissident Artists for Fall Semester
Art For Amnesty, the creative division of Amnesty International USA, will partner with the New School’s Eugene Lang Liberal Arts…
August 28, 2015
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Foreign national tortured in UAE custody and detained without charge for a year
The case of Salim al-Aradi, a dual Libyan-Canadian national who has been detained for a year without charge, highlights pervasive…
August 28, 2015
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The Day of the Disappeared: Enforced disappearances continue unabated in every region of the world
The use of enforced disappearance by governments to silence its critics and instill fear into targeted groups continues unabated in…
August 27, 2015
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Burkina Faso: Opportunity to abolish the death penalty must be seized
Burkina Faso must seize the opportunity to abolish the death penalty, Amnesty International said on the eve of parliamentary sessions…
August 27, 2015
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India: Gujarat Government must avoid excessive use of force
The Gujarat Government must avoid using unnecessary or excessive force in the policing of protests, Amnesty International India said today.…
August 27, 2015