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Nepal: Earthquake Recovery Must Safeguard Human Rights
Interventions to support and protect Nepal’s earthquake victims and aid in their recovery must not only address the immediate need…
June 1, 2015
Report
Nepal must end discrimination in earthquake relief effort
Thousands in need of aid following the Nepal earthquake risk being left to fend for themselves amidst worrying signs that…
June 1, 2015
Press Release
Nepal: End discrimination in earthquake relief effort
Thousands in need of aid following the Nepal earthquake risk being left to fend for themselves amidst worrying signs that…
June 1, 2015
Press Release
Expiration of USA Patriot Act Symbolically Repudiates Government License to Violate Rights
For the first time since the 9/11 attacks, Congress let a significant legal authority for surveillance lapse as Section 215…
June 1, 2015
Press Release
Pardoned Nigeria Torture Victim ‘Overwhelmed’ By Campaign to Spare His Life
A Nigerian torture victim wrongfully sentenced to death for a crime committed when he was 16 years old has been…
May 29, 2015
Press Release
Dropping the Ball: Qatar Failing to Make Progress on Migrant Rights
More than a year after Qatar’s government promised limited reforms to improve migrant labor rights, hopes of true progress are…
May 29, 2015
Press Release
Scores of Yemen Civilians Killed and Injured by Anti-Aircraft Fire and Airstrikes On Weapons Depots
Scores of casualties in Sana’a have been caused by anti-aircraft munitions shot by the Huthi armed group which detonated after…
May 28, 2015
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Russia: Making troop deaths a secret ‘attacks freedom of expression’
A decree signed today by President Vladimir Putin making deaths of Russian forces “in peacetime” a state secret is yet…
May 28, 2015
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Saudi Arabia: 90 executions this year beat 2014’s disgraceful record
Saudi Arabia today has carried out its 90th execution so far this year, equalling the number of people executed in…
May 28, 2015
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South East Asia: ‘Boat people’ crisis summit an opportunity that must not be missed
Representatives of 17 countries will gather in Bangkok on 29 May to discuss the current asylum seeker and migrant crisis…
May 28, 2015
Press Release
UAE denies entry to Amnesty International expert
The United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) refusal to allow an Amnesty International expert to enter the country last night to speak…
May 27, 2015
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Angolan Authorities Must Abandon Defamation Charges Against ‘Blood Diamonds’ Journalist
Angola’s authorities must abandon efforts to resuscitate the criminal defamation case against investigative journalist Rafael Marques de Morais, said Amnesty…
May 27, 2015