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Secrets and Lies: Forced Confessions Under Torture in Uzbekistan
The U.S., Germany, and other European Union countries’ continuing ‘blind-spot’ to endemic torture in Uzbekistan ensures that appalling abuses will continue unabated, said Amnesty International.
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Four Years into the Syrian Conflict
[caption id="attachment_59691" align="aligncenter" width="3543"] Photo: Ricardo Garcia Vilanova/AFP/Getty Images)[/caption] The lights are going out in Syria. As the humanitarian crisis in Syria worsens, the darkness is literally spreading. More than…
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Arrested and Beaten for Wearing Trousers: Stop the Public Flogging of Women in Sudan!
[caption id="attachment_59511" align="aligncenter" width="2936"] Three Sudanese women, one of them wearing trousers, walk on a main street in central Khartoum on September 8, 2009. The thousands of women who wear…
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Death Sentences and Executions 2014
An alarming number of countries used the death penalty to tackle real or perceived threats to state security linked to terrorism, crime or internal instability in 2014, Amnesty International found…
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Spain: Two-pronged assault targets rights and freedoms of Spanish citizens, migrants and refugees
Draconian reforms to two pieces of Spanish legislation are an assault on the rights of its citizens as well as an attempt to formalize abusive practices against migrants and refugees,…
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Unlawful and Deadly: Rocket and Mortar Attacks by Palestinian Armed Groups During the 2014 Gaza/Israel Conflict
Palestinian armed groups displayed a flagrant disregard for the lives of civilians by repeatedly launching indiscriminate rockets and mortars towards civilian areas in Israel during the conflict in July and…
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Tech and Human Rights: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
As someone whose job it is to take advantage of technological progress for human rights research and advocacy, I am a strong proponent of using new tools and methods to…
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Al-Raqqa Under Attack: Syrian Air Force Strikes Against Civilians
A report by Amnesty International provides damning evidence that Syrian government forces unlawfully killed scores of civilians in a series of aerial attacks on the city of al-Raqqa in November…
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Changing Laws, Changing Minds: Challenging Homophobic and Transphobic Hate Crimes in Bulgaria
Briefing Examines Homophobic and Transphobic Hate Crimes in Bulgaria; Says Words Must Translate to Action
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Four Questions for Prime Minister Netanyahu
[caption id="attachment_57911" align="alignleft" width="5184"] (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)[/caption] This week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to give two major speeches in Washington, DC. Â The first is Monday…
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9 Eye-Opening Facts about the State of Human Rights Worldwide
In 2014, Amnesty International recorded and investigated human rights abuses in 160 countries and territories worldwide*. While progress is being made in some areas, the frightening facts and figures below…
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State of the World 2014/2015
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…
