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Gaza: Civilian lives must be spared as fighting between Israel and Palestinian armed groups escalates
Responding to the escalation of hostilities between Israel and the Palestinian armed groups in Gaza overnight -Â the most serious fighting since the 2014 armed conflict - Saleh Higazi, Deputy…
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Crackdowns on LGBTI people in Indonesia hit alarming level
LGBTI communities in Indonesia are facing increasing crackdowns both from the police and the municipal police (Satpol PP) with at least four series of arrests and public humiliations having taken…
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Arrest warrants for Syrian officials in France an important step towards justice
Responding to the news that French prosecutors have issued arrest warrants for three senior Syrian government and intelligence officials on charges of torture, enforced disappearances, crimes against humanity and war…
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Legacy of murdered activist must be an end of impunity for attackers in Ukraine
Responding to news that Kateryna Handzyuk, a prominent Ukrainian anti-corruption activist has died from injuries sustained three months ago in an acid attack, Oksana Pokalchuk, Amnesty International’s Ukraine Director, said: “The death of…
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Saudi Arabia: Independent investigation into Jamal Khashoggi’s death is urgently needed
Responding to the Saudi public prosecution’s investigation findings revealing that Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi died after a ‘fist-fight’ inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Samah Hadid, Amnesty International’s Middle East…
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Turkey: Seek UN Inquiry on Khashoggi
Turkey should urgently ask UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to establish a United Nations investigation into the possible extrajudicial execution of the prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the Committee to Protect…
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France flouts international law by continuing to export arms used in deadly crackdowns in Egypt
An Amnesty International investigation published today reveals that armored personnel carriers supplied by France were used with deadly effect by the Egyptian security forces to violently and repeatedly disperse protests and…
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End Impunity for Hatred and Violence in Ukraine: Amnesty International USA Letter to Interior Minister Avakov
At Amnesty International, we strongly believe in the power of a letter. Our story began in 1961, when British lawyer Peter Benenson read a newspaper story about two Portuguese students who…
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Nobel Peace Prize: Courageous work of Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad highlights need to fight impunity for rape in war
In response to news that Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege and Yezidi human rights activist Nadia Murad have jointly won the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize, Amnesty International’s Secretary General Kumi Naidoo…
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Next government in Cameroon must tackle human rights crises in violence-hit regions
Cameroon’s next government must urgently tackle human rights crises in which hundreds of civilians have been killed this year alone and thousands internally displaced amid violence by security forces, Boko…
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Yemen: Renewal of UN war crimes probe strikes blow against impunity
Responding to the United Nations Human Rights Council vote to renew the mandate of the Group of Eminent Experts (GEE), which has been investigating violations and abuses of international law…
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Report
South Sudan: Government troops and militias given free rein to commit new atrocities
The staggering brutality of a recent military offensive in South Sudan – including murder of civilians, systematic rape of women and girls and massive looting and destruction – was fuelled by the authorities’…
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