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Scorched Earth, Poisoned Air: Sudanese Government Forces Ravage Jebel Marra, Darfur
An Amnesty International investigation has gathered horrific evidence of the repeated use of what are believed to be chemical weapons…
September 26, 2016
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Thailand: A culture of torture under the military
Since seizing power in a 2014 coup, Thailand’s military authorities have allowed a culture of torture and other ill-treatment to…
September 23, 2016
Press Release
Syria: Horrific attack on UN aid convoy is a flagrant violation of international law
Last night’s attack on a UN/Syrian Arab Red Crescent aid convoy, intended for 78,000 people in Aleppo, is a flagrant…
September 20, 2016
Press Release
Nigeria: Special police squad get rich torturing detainees and demanding bribes in exchange for freedom
A Nigerian police unit set up to combat violent crime has instead been systematically torturing detainees in its custody as…
September 20, 2016
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Nigeria: You have signed your death warrant
A Nigerian police unit set up to combat violent crime has instead been systematically torturing detainees in its custody as…
September 20, 2016
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We are defending the land with our blood: Defenders of the land, territory and environment in Honduras and Guatemala
An insidious wave of threats, bogus charges, smear campaigns, attacks and killings of environmental and land activists in recent months…
August 29, 2016
Press Release
Attacks on the rise in Honduras and Guatemala, the world’s deadliest countries for environmental activists
An insidious wave of threats, bogus charges, smear campaigns, attacks and killings of environmental and land activists in recent months…
August 29, 2016
Press Release
Egypt: Refusal to release survivor of torture and disappearance an outrageous blow
The Egyptian authorities’ refusal to release Islam Khalil who was tortured and subjected to enforced disappearance for 122 days is…
August 25, 2016
Press Release
Colombia: End of negotiations over conflict brings hopes of peace
The announcement that the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) have reached a deal to end…
August 25, 2016
Press Release
Yemen: Huthi authorities must release detained Bahá’ís, end crackdown on minorities
The Huthi armed group in control of parts of Yemen must immediately ensure the release of all 27 members of…
August 17, 2016
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‘It breaks the human’: Torture, disease and death in Syria’s prisons
Harrowing accounts of torture, inhuman conditions and mass deaths in Syria’s prisons The horrifying experiences of detainees subjected to rampant…
August 16, 2016
Press Release
Hundreds of thousands more risk displacement sparking fresh humanitarian crisis in Iraq
Increased humanitarian assistance is urgently required to alleviate the suffering of millions of Iraqis displaced across the country and to…
August 16, 2016