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Azerbaijan: Leyla Yunus Released, but 18 Other Prisoners of Conscience are Still Behind the Bars
Leyla Yunus, one of Azerbaijan’s most prominent human rights defenders and former prisoner of conscience was freed on December 9. The Baku Court of Appeals changed her sentence with a…
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Executions of Juvenile Offenders in Iran Are an Affront to the World’s Conscience
In a very rare piece of good news in an otherwise bleak landscape, Iranian authorities recently postponed the scheduled execution of juvenile offender Salar Shadizadi at the eleventh hour. He was…
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Kuwait at risk of sliding into deeper repression amid growing clampdown on critics
The Kuwaiti authorities have arrested, prosecuted and imprisoned scores of peaceful activists, including human rights defenders and political opponents, in their efforts to silence critics and punish dissent, said Amnesty…
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Nigeria: Killing of Shi’ites in Zaria must be urgently investigated
The shooting of members of a Shi’ite religious group in Zaria, Kaduna state, by the Nigerian army must be urgently investigated said Amnesty International today, and anyone found responsible for…
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Bosnia and Herzegovina: 20 years of denial and injustice
Twenty years after the signature of the peace agreement that ended the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, resolving the thousands of cases of enforced disappearances still remains utopic while discrimination…
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Tunisia: Sentencing of six men for same-sex relations highlights state’s entrenched homophobia
The jailing of six Tunisian men sentenced to three years in prison for sodomy is a shocking example of deep-rooted state sanctioned discrimination against LGBTI people in the country, said…
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UN Security Council must send a clear message to North Korea to end crimes against humanity
The UN Security Council must send an unequivocal message to the North Korean authorities to end the systematic, widespread and gross human rights violations that continue to be committed in…
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Bombing of schools by Saudi Arabia-led coalition a flagrant attack on future of Yemen’s children
Saudi Arabia-led coalition forces have carried out a series of air strikes targeting schools that were still in use, in violation of international humanitarian law, and hampering access to education…
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We Need Your Help Today: Ensure this American Torture Story is Never Repeated
It’s been exactly one year since shocking new details emerged about the CIA’s torture program. After years of investigation, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence published a report – known…
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Risk of humanitarian disaster in Jordan as 12,000 refugees from Syria stranded in ‘no man’s land’
Jordan must take immediate action to assist up to 12,000 refugees who have been denied entry to the country and are struggling to survive in desperate, freezing conditions in “no…
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Islamic State Atrocities Fueled by Decades of Reckless Arms Trading
Decades of poorly regulated arms flows into Iraq as well lax controls on the ground have provided the armed group calling itself Islamic State (IS) with a large and lethal…
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Kenya: State Parties run dangerously close to interfering with the ICC’s independence
The concerted campaign of political interference by the Kenyan government with the judicial independence of the International Criminal Court (ICC) at the Assembly of State Parties this week is a…