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Court Grants Temporary Relief to Desperate Families Seeking Asylum
In response to a court decision temporarily blocking the Trump administration from denying asylum to people seeking protection arriving between ports of entry, Amnesty International USA executive director Margaret Huang…
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This World Children’s Day, Children Must be Safe and Free from Detention
Ahead of World Children’s Day on November 20, Amnesty International is calling for all children currently being held at the Dilley Detention Center to be freed with their families, and…
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UN: Hodeidah’s embattled civilians on a knife-edge as Security Council discusses Yemen
Petrified civilians in Hodeidah face a likely onslaught unless the UN Security Council acts today to press the warring parties in Yemen to protect them and ensure full humanitarian access,…
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Cambodia: Genocide verdict is bitter, belated justice
Responding to the guilty verdict handed to Khmer Rouge cadres Khieu Samphan and Nuon Chea in the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) today, Nicholas Bequelin, Amnesty International’s…
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Libya: Refugees and migrants refuse to disembark ship in desperate plea to avoid detention and torture
Libyan, European and Panamanian authorities must ensure that at least 79 refugees and migrants who are on board a merchant vessel at the port of Misratah are not forced to…
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Enforcement Directorate must cease smear campaign against Amnesty India
The latest leak of a dossier on Amnesty India by the Enforcement Directorate, a financial investigation agency under the Ministry of Finance, based on its ongoing investigations, indicates a deliberate attempt by…
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Ohio’s House Passage of Stand Your Ground Bill Endangers Public Safety
House Bill 228, which has been dubbed the ‘Kill at Will’ bill for allowing a person to use a gun to shoot to kill in response to any perceived threat,…
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Myanmar: Rohingya returns plan puts thousands at risk
Bangladesh and Myanmar authorities must immediately halt plans to send Rohingya refugees back to Rakhine State, Amnesty International said today.
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Gaza: Civilian lives must be spared as fighting between Israel and Palestinian armed groups escalates
Responding to the escalation of hostilities between Israel and the Palestinian armed groups in Gaza overnight -Â the most serious fighting since the 2014 armed conflict - Saleh Higazi, Deputy…
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Cruel European migration policies leave refugees trapped in Libya with no way out
A year after shocking images purporting to show human beings being bought and sold in Libya caused a global outcry, the situation for migrants and refugees in the country remains bleak and in some…
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