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Azerbaijan: Brutal Crackdown Against Journalists Continues
By Nic Carter, Amnesty International USA Over the last year, Azerbaijan has imprisoned dozens of journalists, human rights advocates, bloggers, lawyers, and academics who have criticized the regime. Ilham Aliev’s repressive…
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Politicians, Faith Leaders, Chicago Police Torture Survivors and Activists Hold People’s Hearing on Reparations Ordinance
Torture survivors, politicians, faith leaders and activists from Amnesty International USA, Chicago Torture Justice Memorials, Project NIA, and We Charge Genocide held a People’s Hearing at the Chicago Temple today…
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Missing the Point: Lack of Adequate Investigation of Hate Crimes in Bulgaria
Bulgaria’s failure to adequately investigate and prosecute hate crimes is fuelling fear, discrimination and ultimately violence.
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Benghazi’s Descent into Chaos: Abductions, Summary Killings and Other Abuses
Targeted UN sanctions and accountability, including through the International Criminal Court (ICC), are urgently needed to end rampant abductions, torture, summary killings and other abuses by rival forces in Libya,…
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National Debate Must Connect the Dots on Abuses in the USA
By Zack Michaelson Our nation is currently in a debate about how to handle gross abuses of power by those tasked with defending us. In past weeks, we have learned…
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“Hate Crimes in the Heartland,” Documentary on Racial Tensions in the United States, to Screen Across the Country
Hate Crimes in the Heartland, an award winning documentary film by Emmy Award winner Rachel Lyon, will embark on a national tour in 2015, beginning with a screening at the…
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Nigeria: Massacre Possibly Deadliest in Boko Haram’s history
Following reports of the massacre of large numbers of civilians by armed group Boko Haram in north east Nigeria, Amnesty International has expert spokespeople available to comment.
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Retaliation Against Palestine’s Welcome Accession to ICC Must Stop
Israel, the USA and EU member states must refrain from punishing or threatening Palestine for taking the positive step of granting the International Criminal Court (ICC) jurisdiction over crimes under…
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Throwing Stones from the Glass House: The View of U.S. Human Rights Violations from Iran
[caption id="attachment_56416" align="alignleft" width="300"] Iran Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Marzieh Afkham[/caption] Iranian state-controlled news media have been having an extended field day recently, gleefully reporting on the ever-unfolding news about human…
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What John Brennan Should Have Said about the Torture Report
[caption id="attachment_56131" align="alignleft" width="5000"] Director of Central Intelligence Agency John Brennan, December 11, 2014. (JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)[/caption] By Naureen Shah, Amnesty International USA Director of Security with Human Rights Today…
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Ghoncheh Ghavami released but Iran must drop all charges against her
[caption id="attachment_53551" align="alignright" width="600"] Ghoncheh Ghavami[/caption] When Ghoncheh Ghavami decided to take a stand this past June to protest Iran’s ban on women attending volleyball games, she likely did not…
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Serious Setback for Justice in Colombia if Bills to Expand Jurisdiction of Military Courts Approved
We view with grave concern renewed legislative efforts by the Colombian government that could deny justice for serious human rights abuses—including extrajudicial executions—committed by members of the military and police.