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Press Release
Bahrain: Human rights activist who tore up photo imprisoned
Bahraini authorities must immediately release human rights activist Zainab Al-Khawaja, who was arrested and taken into custody today along with her baby son Hadi, Amnesty International said.
March 14, 2016
Update
Angola’s Activist to Prison Pipeline
The recent slump in oil prices has had serious repercussions across Angola. Citizens are suffering and the government is increasingly intolerant of dissent. It is in that atmosphere that Jose Marcos Mavungo was arrested one year ago today.
March 14, 2016
Press Release
Nigeria: No justice for the 640 men and boys slain by military following Giwa barracks attack two years ago
Two years after at least 640 recaptured detainees were slaughtered by soldiers of the Nigerian Army, the authorities have failed to conduct an effective, impartial and independent investigation into the killings, said Amnesty International.
March 11, 2016
Press Release
Saudi Arabia: Families fear their sons will be executed within 24 hours
The families of three young men arrested for their involvement in anti-government protests while under the age of 18, fear their sons are among four people reported to be facing execution tomorrow, Amnesty International said today.
March 11, 2016
Press Release
Myanmar: End relentless crackdown on student protesters
One year after police violently dispersed largely peaceful student protests in Myanmar, the authorities continue their relentless crackdown on student activists and anyone associated with their movement. In the past two months, at least eight student union leaders, protesters and supporters have been arrested or face new charges. Scores of others remain in detention while on trial facing politically motivated charges because of their involvement in largely peaceful student protests, which ended in a violent police crackdown in the town of Letpadan, Bago Region, on 10 March 2015.
March 10, 2016
Press Release
Russia: Brazen assault on journalists and human rights defenders in North Caucasus illustrates official failures
The violent assault on human rights defenders (HRDs) and journalists in the Russian Republic of Ingushetia is further evidence of the authorities’ abject failure to protect those who work to safeguard human rights, said Amnesty International today.
March 10, 2016
Press Release
Ai Weiwei, Snowden, Pussy Riot take place of online ads to protest censorship
Messages from Edward Snowden, Ai Weiwei and Pussy Riot will be broadcast across the internet by AdBlock and Amnesty International on the World Day against Cyber Censorship, 12 March 2016.
March 10, 2016
Press Release
South Sudan: Government forces deliberately suffocated dozens and dumped bodies in open pits
South Sudanese government forces deliberately suffocated more than 60 men and boys who were detained in a shipping container before dumping their bodies in an open field in Leer town, Unity State, according to new evidence gathered by Amnesty International.
March 10, 2016
Report
‘Their Voices Stopped’ Mass Killing In A Shipping Container In Leer, South Sudan
South Sudanese government forces deliberately suffocated more than 60 men and boys who were detained in a shipping container before dumping their bodies in an open field in Leer town, Unity State, according to new evidence gathered by Amnesty International.
March 10, 2016
Press Release
India Kager Case Raises Serious Concerns About Excessive Force by Police
Following the announcement that no charges would be brought against Virginia Beach officers who fired 30 shots at a car in the parking lot of a convenience store -- killing a gunman and his unarmed girlfriend while their four-month-old son was in the backseat of their car -- Amnesty International USA expressed concern about the lack of a use of force statute in the state of Virginia and the need for a national commission on the use of force and policing policies by the Department of Justice.
March 9, 2016
Press Release
Joan Baez Asks Fans to Take Action on Mass Incarceration Through Amnesty International on Her 2016 Tour
When fans attend a concert during Joan Baez’s tour this year, they will not only have the opportunity to hear a legendary artist. They will also have the chance to make a difference for criminal justice reform with the help of Amnesty International.
March 9, 2016
Update
Whom would you suspect of killing Berta Cáceres?
Gunmen brutally murdered Berta Cáceres, award-winning leader of the Council of Indigenous and Popular Organizations of Honduras (COPINH), in La Esperanza, Honduras on March 3, 2016. Almost immediately, the Honduran authorities jumped to the conclusion that she must have been killed in a robbery.
March 9, 2016