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US Senate Blocks Trump Administration’s Emergency Arms Sales to Saudi-UAE Led Coalition

Responding to news that the United States Senate has voted to block the $8 billion emergency arms sales intended for…

June 20, 2019

ISTANBUL, TURKEY - OCTOBER 25: People take part in a candle light vigil to remember journalist Jamal Khashoggi outside the Saudi Arabia consulate on October 25, 2018 in Istanbul, Turkey. Jamal Khashoggi, a U.S. resident and critic of the Saudi regime, went missing after entering the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul on October 2. More than two weeks later Riyadh announced he had been killed accidentally during an altercation with Saudi consulate officials, however as investigations continue new information surfaced, pointing to a brutal and planned murder contradicting previous claims. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

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Saudi Arabia: UN findings on Jamal Khashoggi’s murder highlight need for independent criminal investigation to uncover the truth

Responding to the release of the UN report on the murder of Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi, which concludes that…

June 19, 2019

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Ten Presidential Candidates Respond to Amnesty International USA with Positions on Major Human Rights Issues

Ten candidates in the 2020 presidential race – including the president– responded to  a questionnaire on human rights issues provided…

June 18, 2019

An elderly woman sitting at her small space in the shelter at Jaw Masat IDPs camp in Myitkyina, Kachin State, Myanmar on December 10, 2018.

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“Fleeing my whole life”: Older people’s experience of conflict and displacement in Myanmar

Tens of thousands of older women and men from ethnic minorities across Myanmar who faced military atrocities and were forced to flee…

June 17, 2019

Egypt's ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi, wearing a red uniform, gestures from behind the defendant's bars during his trial on espionage charges at a court in Cairo on June 18, 2016. An Egyptian court sentenced Morsi to life in prison in an espionage trial in which six co-defendants were handed death penalties.The court acquitted Morsi of charges of having supplied Qatar with classified documents but sentenced him to life for leading an unlawful organisation. / AFP / MOHAMED EL-SHAHED (Photo credit should read MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP/Getty Images)

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Authorities in Egypt must order immediate investigation into death of former President Mohamed Morsi

Responding to the news of former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi’s death in custody today Magdalena Mughrabi, Deputy Director for the…

June 17, 2019

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Saudi Arabia: Decision to spare teenager’s life must be followed by abolition of death penalty for all juveniles

Responding to the news that Murtaja Qureiris, the young man from Saudi Arabia arrested at the age of 13, will not…

June 17, 2019

A young girl in Azraq refugee camp in Jordan. Her father is an engineer and helped make Azraq to be one of the first refugee camps run entirely on solar power.

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Report: Over Two Years Later, Families Still Left in Limbo After Trump’s Muslim Ban Face Impossible Circumstances

When President Trump signed what has become known as the Muslim ban during his first week in office, he set…

June 17, 2019

A young girl in Azraq refugee camp in Jordan. Her father is an engineer and helped make Azraq to be one of the first refugee camps run entirely on solar power.

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The Mountain is in Front of Us and the Sea is Behind Us: The Impact of US Policies on Refugees in Lebanon and Jordan

When President Trump signed what has become known as the Muslim ban during his first week in office, he set…

June 17, 2019

Sudanese security forces drive through a main road linking Omdurman with its twin city Khartoum on the first day of a civil disobedience campaign across Sudan on June 9, 2019. - Sudanese police fired tear gas at protesters taking part in the a civil disobedience campaign, called in the wake of a deadly crackdown on demonstrators. (Photo by - / AFP) (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images)

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Urgent UN and AU investigation needed in Sudan after military admits deadly decision on protestor crackdown

Following an admission by Sudan’s Transitional Military Council (TMC) that they all met the country’s security chiefs on June 2, and after receiving…

June 14, 2019

Iranian lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh hugs get son Nima at her home in Tehran on September 18, 2013, after being freed after three years in prison. Sotoudeh told AFP she was in "good" physical and psychological condition, and pledged to continue her human rights work. Her release came a week before Irans new moderate President Hassan Rowhani, who has promised more freedoms at home and constructive engagement with the world, travels to New York to attend the United Nations General Assembly. AFP PHOTO/BEHROUZ MEHRI (Photo credit should read BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP/Getty Images)

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More than 1 million people join global campaign to demand Iranian government release Nasrin Sotoudeh

More than a million people in more than 200 countries and territories across the globe have come together to express…

June 12, 2019

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Mistrial in Case of Dr. Scott Warren, Prosecution Must Drop Charges

On June 11, 2019, after the two-week criminal trial of humanitarian volunteer Dr. Scott Warren ended in a mistrial, Erika…

June 12, 2019

Protesters react after police fired tear gas during a rally against a controversial extradition law proposal in Hong Kong on June 12, 2019. - Violent clashes broke out in Hong Kong on June 12 as police tried to stop protesters storming the city's parliament, while tens of thousands of people blocked key arteries in a show of strength against government plans to allow extraditions to China. (Photo by Anthony WALLACE / AFP) (Photo credit should read ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP/Getty Images)

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Police must end excessive force against largely peaceful protest in Hong Kong

In response to the use of force against largely peaceful protestors by Hong Kong police, who used tear gas, guns…

June 12, 2019