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New evidence of brutal violence from Belarusian forces against asylum-seekers and migrants facing pushbacks from the EU
Asylum-seekers and migrants trying to enter the EU from Belarus and facing pushbacks and other human rights violations on the…
December 20, 2021
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Amnesty International Launches a Holidays Solidarity Action in Support of Prisoners of Conscience in Cuba
Today Amnesty International launches “Write a letter of hope”, a global solidarity action inviting the public, during the 2021 holidays,…
December 17, 2021
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U.S. CONTINUES TO VIOLATE INDIGENOUS AND HUMAN RIGHTS AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER
On the occasion of International Migrants Day this Saturday, the #WelcomeWithDignity campaign and the International Mayan League call attention to the…
December 17, 2021
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New wave of atrocities in Ethiopia’s Western Tigray
Amhara security forces are responsible for a surge of mass detentions, killings and forced expulsions of ethnic Tigrayans in the…
December 16, 2021
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After Coup, Myanmar Military Puts Chokehold on People’s Basic Needs
The Myanmar military has been carrying out indiscriminate attacks on its civilian populations and obstructing access to necessities critical to…
December 16, 2021
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End Persecution of Media as Journalists Collect ‘Momentous’ Nobel Peace Prize
Responding to journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov collecting the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Amnesty International’s Secretary General Agnes…
December 10, 2021
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Survivors Describe Killings, Mass Displacement and Terror Amid Fighting in Western Equatoria, South Sudan
Dozens of civilians in South Sudan were killed and tens of thousands displaced amid fighting between armed groups in Western…
December 8, 2021
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Biden Administration’s Diplomatic Boycott of Winter Olympics a Blow to the Impunity of the Chinese Government
In response to today’s news that U.S. government officials would not attend the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, Joanne Lin, National…
December 6, 2021
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Unbridled Destruction of Freedoms in Myanmar as Aung San Suu Kyi Sentenced
In response to the sentencing of Aung San Suu Kyi to four years in prison, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director…
December 6, 2021
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Survivors of Gender-Based Violence Abandoned Following Taliban Takeover
Essential services for women and girl survivors of gender-based violence in Afghanistan have been decimated following the Taliban’s takeover of…
December 5, 2021
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Biden Administration Continues to Fail Asylum-Seekers as Title 42 is Extended
Citing concerns over the new Omicron variant, today officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced an…
December 3, 2021
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#WelcomeWithDignity Denounces Biden Administration’s Expansion of MPP, Calls for this Unlawful and Cruel Policy to be Ended Once and For All
Today the Biden administration announced it will restart and expand the implementation of the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), also known…
December 2, 2021