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On the launch of its 2015 State of the World report, Amnesty International USA urged President Obama to use his last year in office to bring U.S. laws and policies in line with international human rights standards.

February 22, 2016

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International protection of human rights is in danger of unravelling as short-term national self-interest and draconian security crackdowns have led to a wholesale assault on basic freedoms and rights, warned Amnesty International as it launched its annual assessment of human rights around the world. “Your rights are in jeopardy: they are being treated with utter contempt by many governments around the world,” said Salil Shetty, Secretary General of Amnesty International.

February 18, 2016

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International protection of human rights is in danger of unravelling as short-term national self-interest and draconian security crackdowns have led to a wholesale assault on basic freedoms and rights, warned Amnesty International as it launched its annual assessment of human rights around the world. “Your rights are in jeopardy: they are being treated with utter contempt by many governments around the world,” said Salil Shetty, Secretary General of Amnesty International.

February 18, 2016

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Leaders from states along the main refugee route through the Balkans and Central Europe cannot walk out of yet another meeting in Brussels on Sunday without a workable plan of action that protects refugees’ needs and rights, Amnesty International said today.

October 24, 2015

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Croatian and Slovenian authorities must urgently come up with effective solutions as hundreds of refugees and asylum seekers who were stranded overnight between the two countries’ border checkpoints are soon to be joined by thousands more, Amnesty International urged today.

October 19, 2015

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This has been a devastating year for those seeking to stand up for human rights and for those caught up in the suffering of war zones. Governments pay lip service to the importance of protecting civilians. And yet the world's politicians have miserably failed to protect those in greatest need. Amnesty International believes that this can and must finally change.

February 25, 2015

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REPUBLIC OF CROATIA Head of state Ivo Josipović Head of government Zoran Milanović Despite some progress in prosecuting crimes under international law committed during the 1991-1995 war, the measures taken to address impunity remained inadequate. Many crimes allegedly committed by members of the Croatian Army and police forces against Croatian Serbs and other minorities remained uninvestigated. Discrimination against Roma, Croatian Serbs and LGBTI people continued. Crimes under international law The European Commission reported in October that further arrests, indictments and court rulings related to crimes under international law were being pursued in the implementation of Croatia’s 2011 Strategy for the…

May 17, 2013

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Ahead of Split Pride on June 9, Amnesty International finds inadequate protection against and investigation into LGBT hate crimes in Croatia.

June 6, 2012

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Amnesty International's response to violence against participants in the "Different Families, Same Rights" Pride march in Split which led to the event having to be stopped.

June 11, 2011

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Amnesty International Press ReleaseFor Immediate ReleaseFriday, January 21, 2011Amnesty International Urges Croatian Authorities to Investigate War Crimes Committed during 1991-1995 War--Following Key European Court of Human Rights ruling that Victims Can Seek Justice InternationallyContact: AIUSA media relations office, 202-509-8194(Washington, D.C.) Amnesty International is again urging the Croatian authorities to investigate war crimes committed during the 1991-1995 war following a key European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruling that could allow thousands of victims seek justice internationally. The ECHR yesterday found that the Croatian authorities were responsible for the lack of adequate investigations into the disappearance and deaths of two war…

March 27, 2011

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Amnesty International Press ReleaseFor Immediate ReleaseFriday, January 21, 2011Amnesty International Urges Croatian Authorities to Investigate War Crimes Committed during 1991-1995 War--Following Key European Court of Human Rights ruling that Victims Can Seek Justice InternationallyContact: AIUSA media relations office, 202-509-8194(Washington, D.C.) Amnesty International is again urging the Croatian authorities to investigate war crimes committed during the 1991-1995 war following a key European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruling that could allow thousands of victims seek justice internationally. The ECHR yesterday found that the Croatian authorities were responsible for the lack of adequate investigations into the disappearance and deaths of two war…

March 27, 2011

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Europe: Open Secret: Mounting Evidence of Europe's Complicity in Rendition and Secret Detention Available in PDF only.

March 26, 2011