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Explainer: Seven ways the coronavirus affects human rights

The outbreak of the coronavirus (2019-nCov) that started in the Chinese city of Wuhan (Hubei province) in late 2019 has been declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization (WHO).…

February 10, 2020
NEW YORK, - MARCH 18: A cyclist wearing a mask is seen as the coronavirus continues to spread across the United States on March 18, 2020 in Various Cities, . The World Health Organization declared coronavirus (COVID-19) a global pandemic on March 11th. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)

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2020 Could be Shell’s Year of Reckoning in Nigeria

In 2020 Shell will face unprecedented legal scrutiny over decades of human rights abuses in Nigeria, Amnesty International said today, as the oil giant braces itself for conclusions in a…

February 9, 2020
A Shell employee at the Afam VI power plant takes a picture at the plant in Port Harcourt on September 29, 2015. Afam VI power plant is owned by the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) and maintained by Dietsmann company. Nigeria is Africa's largest producer, accounting for roughly two million barrels of crude daily. Shell has blamed repeated oil thefts and sabotage of key pipelines as the major cause of spills and pollution in the oil-producing region. AFP PHOTO / FLORIAN PLAUCHEUR (Photo credit should read FLORIAN PLAUCHEUR/AFP via Getty Images)

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Prominent Investigative Journalist and Lawyer Attacked During Visit to Chechnya

Reacting to news of a mob attack late last night, in the Chechen capital Grozny, on two visiting human rights activists –one of whom is investigative journalist Elena Milashina, who…

February 7, 2020
A supporter of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community shout slogans during the Equality March in Mumbai, India on 01 February 2020. (Photo by Himanshu Bhatt/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

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Saudi Arabian Arms Ship Bahri Yanbu Faces Growing Opposition in European Ports

Lawsuits, protests and other actions are planned in several European ports to oppose this week’s return of the Bahri Yanbu, a Saudi Arabian state-owned cargo ship that has previously ferried…

January 31, 2020
22 May 2019, Iran, -: Iranian oil and cargo ships in the Persian Gulf in front of the Strait of Hormus. Almost a third of the world's oil exports are shipped through the Strait of Hormus. Also the Iranian oil, at least until before the beginning of the new American sanctions. (to dpa "For Iranians in the Gulf, US sanctions are worse than war" on 30.05.2019) Photo: Farshid-M. Bina/dpa (Photo by Farshid-M. Bina/picture alliance via Getty Images)

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Responding to Reports that Trump Administration is Planning to Change U.S. Landmine Policy

Amnesty International USA is appalled by the reports that the Trump administration is planning to allow the production and use of landmines in potential future conflicts—a weapon that the global…

January 30, 2020
This picture taken on January 6, 2020 shows a member of an all-female demining team preparing to detonate unexploded ordnance at a landmine site in the Trieu Phong district in Quang Tri province. - More than 6.1 million hectares of land in Vietnam remain blanketed by unexploded munitions -- mainly dropped by US bombers -- decades after the war ended in 1975. (Photo by Nhac NGUYEN / AFP) / TO GO WITH Vietnam-US-weaponry-landmines,FOCUS by Tran Thi Minh Ha (Photo by NHAC NGUYEN/AFP via Getty Images)

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Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) Visit in Chile Represents a Historic Opportunity for the Defense of Human Rights

The in loco visit by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) is fundamental for the protection and guarantee of human rights in Chile, said Amnesty International in response to…

January 30, 2020
Santiago, Chile. 26 january 2010.The walls speak. On the walls of the GAM (Gabriela Mistral Cultural Center) you can see scratches, posters, drawings and murals that deliver an audiovisual reading of the 100 days of protests in Santiago, Chile. (Photo by Fernando Lavoz/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

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Amnesty International Demands NGO Access to Mexico’s Migrant Detention Centers

In response to the decision by the National Institute of Migration (INM) to temporarily suspend access by all religious associations and NGOs to the country's migration detention centers, which was…

January 29, 2020
A razor wire topped fence runs diagonally from lower right to upper left of frame in a horizontal composition. Early morning sun illuminates the razor coils while some of the image falls into shadow - mostly the backdrop. Foreground focus on razor coils and metal fence post.