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Press Release
Syria is Deadly for Journalists, Says New Amnesty Report on World Press Freedom Day
Scores of journalists reporting on human rights abuses in Syria have been deliberately detained, disappeared, tortured and killed over the…
May 1, 2013
Press Release
Presidents Obama and Peña Nieto’s Summit Golden Opportunity to Tackle Human Rights Issues
The United States and Mexican presidents should listen to local human rights defenders if their plans to improve human rights…
April 30, 2013
Press Release
Amnesty International Welcomes President’s Remarks on Guantanamo, Calls for Action
President Obama is right to recommit to closing Guantanamo. But it's time to do more than talk.
April 30, 2013
Press Release
Salvadoran Authorities Must Act Urgently to Save Young Woman’s Life in High-Risk Pregnancy
Amnesty International is mobilizing its worldwide activist network to demand that a 22-year-old woman in El Salvador be granted a…
April 29, 2013
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Tunisia Celebrates Internet Freedom by Continuing to Quiet Those Who Dare to Use It
Tunisia should mark its National Day of Internet Freedom on March 13 by immediately and unconditionally releasing 28-year-old blogger Jabeur…
April 26, 2013
Press Release
Israel Must Release Palestinian Academic Detained Without Justification
Amnesty International today repeated its demand that Israel release Palestinian activist and scholar, Ahmed Qatamesh, who has been held without…
April 25, 2013
Report
Freedom under threat: The clampdown against freedoms of expression, assembly and association in Russia
One year after Vladimir Putin's third inauguration as Russia's President, the rights to freedom of expression, association and assembly have…
April 24, 2013
Report
What is not permitted is prohibited: Silencing civil society in Belarus
This report examines the state of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association in Belarus, rights that…
April 24, 2013
Press Release
Second Cancellation by Bahrain of U.N. Torture Review Shows Gulf Kingdom “Not Serious” About Human Rights Reforms
The U.N. Special Rapporteur on torture, Juan Mendez, said he was "deeply disappointed" after Bahrain postponed next month's visit, citing…
April 24, 2013
Press Release
Over 1.3 Million Syrian Refugees Trying to Escape Ongoing Bloodshed Need More International Support
The international community must do more to help the increasing number of refugees fleeing across borders as they try to…
April 24, 2013
Report
‘Nowhere To Go’ Forced Evictions in Haiti’s Displacement Camps
More than three years after the devastating earthquake that left over 200,000 people dead and some 2.3 million homeless, tens…
April 23, 2013
Press Release
Forced Evictions in Haiti Worsen Dire Situation for Families Left Homeless by 2010 Earthquake, Says New Report
Forced evictions from displacement camps are worsening the already desperate situation for Haitians more than three years after the devastating…
April 22, 2013