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Arbitrary Arrests and Beatings of Protesters in Lebanon Must Immediately End

The Lebanese Internal Security Forces, including anti-riot police, used excessive and unlawful force against protesters on the nights of January 14 and 15, subjecting scores of protesters to brutal beatings…

January 16, 2020
Lebanese anti-government protesters gather during clashes with riot police following a demonstration outside the police barracks in the capital Beirut overnight on January 16, 2020. - Public anger against cash-strapped banks has boiled over in crisis-hit Lebanon, where demonstrators armed with metal rods, fire extinguishers and rocks attacked branches overnight in protest at controls that have trapped the savings of ordinary depositors. Police said 59 people were detained, in one of the largest waves of arrests since Lebanon's anti-government protests began on October 17 demanding sweeping reforms. (Photo by ANWAR AMRO / AFP) (Photo by ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty Images)

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Scores Injured as Security Forces Use Unlawful Force to Crush Protests in Iran

Verified video footage, photographs and testimonies from victims and eyewitnesses on the ground obtained by Amnesty International, confirm that Iranian security forces used unlawful force against peaceful protesters who gathered…

January 15, 2020
TEHRAN, IRAN - JANUARY 14: People take part in an anti-government protest organised by University of Tehran held after Iran's announcement on unintentionally shooting down Ukrainian 737 plane in Tehran, leaving all passengers, crew members dead, on January 14, 2020 in Tehran, Iran. (Photo by Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

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Stop NSO Group Exporting Spyware to Human Rights Abusers in Israel

Israel must revoke the export license of NSO Group whose spyware products have been used in malicious attacks on human rights activists around the world, Amnesty International said ahead of…

January 14, 2020
Palestinian woman and children walk past an Israeli flag at the mainly deserted Shuhada Street in the divided town of Hebron, in the Israeli occupied West Bank, on January 13, 2020. - At the outset of the second Palestinian intifada in 2000, or uprising, the Israeli army declared Shuhada street a "closed military zone," restricting Palestinian access to residents of the immediate area, on foot only. (Photo by Emmanuel DUNAND / AFP) (Photo by EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP via Getty Images)

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Delays in ‘Red Berets’ Trial Prolongs Suffering of Victims’ Families in Mali

A Malian court’s last-minute postponement of a former junta leader’s trial is a blow to the families of 21 soldiers whose bodies were discovered in a mass grave in 2012…

January 13, 2020
Representatives of the ''Red Berets'', an elite unit of paratroopers loyal to the overthrown Mali leader, arrive to meet with Malian Premier in Bamako, on February 12, 2013. One person was killed and six others wounded when Malian troops clashed with members of an elite unit loyal to ousted president Amadou Toumani Toure in the capital Bamako on February 8, 2013. AFP PHOTO/HABIBOU KOUYATE (Photo credit should read HABIBOU KOUYATE/AFP via Getty Images)

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Khashoggi verdict in Saudi Arabia a whitewash

Responding to a Saudi Arabian court’s sentencing of five people to death and three others to prison for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Lynn Maalouf, Amnesty International’s Middle East Research…

December 23, 2019
A general manager of Alarab TV, Jamal Khashoggi, looks on during a press conference in the Bahraini capital Manama, on December 15, 2014. The pan-Arab satellite news broadcaster owned by billionaire Saudi businessman Alwaleed bin Talal will go on air February 1, promising to "break the mould" in a crowded field.AFP PHOTO/ MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH (Photo by MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH / AFP) (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH/AFP/Getty Images)

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Lebanon Must Investigate Alarming Use of Force on Largely Peaceful Protests

The authorities in Lebanon must launch a thorough, independent and effective investigation into last Saturday’s violent crackdown on largely peaceful protesters – the most aggressive since nationwide anti-government demonstrations began…

December 19, 2019
Lebanese protesters hold lit candles during ongoing anti-government demonstrations in the capital Beirut's downtown district on December 18, 2019. - Security forces erected barricades overnight to block or control access to protest sites in the capital where counter-demonstrators have previously tried to attack protesters, AFP journalists said. Hundreds of protesters held new rallies in Beirut, calling for the removal of what they called "walls of shame". (Photo by ANWAR AMRO / AFP) (Photo by ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty Images)