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Zimbabwe: Elections offer a chance to break with decades of gross human rights violations
Zimbabwe's election at the end of the month will take place in the context of decades of politically motivated gross human rights violations, including mass killings, the forced disappearance of…
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Colombia: Killings of human rights defenders continue under a cloak of impunity and the silent complicity of the state
Colombia faces a grave human rights crisis as a result of repeated targeted killings of human rights defenders, while the authorities look on unperturbed, Amnesty International said today.
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Sierra Leone: New government must prioritize ending police crackdowns on peaceful protesters
The new government of Sierra Leone must start fulfilling its promises to improve the human rights situation in the country by lifting restrictions on peaceful demonstrations and ending entrenched impunity…
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Indonesia: Police and military unlawfully kill almost 100 people in Papua in eight years with near total impunity
Indonesian security forces have unlawfully killed at least 95 people in little more than eight years in the restive eastern provinces of Papua and West Papua, with the overwhelming majority of perpetrators never…
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Mexico: Authorities must guarantee respect for human rights in violent context surrounding elections
Faced with the most violent election process in its history, Mexico must take serious measures to guarantee that its citizens can exercise their human rights, including the right to participation…
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End violence against people with albinism: Towards effective criminal justice for people with albinism in Malawi
The Malawian authorities must urgently overhaul the criminal justice system to protect people with albinism, who face the persistent threat of being killed for their body parts in a country where…
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Myanmar: Military top brass must face justice for crimes against humanity targeting Rohingya
Amnesty International has gathered extensive, credible evidence implicating Myanmar’s military Commander-in-Chief, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, and 12 other named individuals in crimes against humanity committed during the ethnic cleansing…
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Sri Lanka: House Foreign Affairs Committee – Congressional Statement for the Record
On June 20th, 2018, Amnesty International USA submitted a Congressional statement for the record in anticipation of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Subcommittee Hearing on “Human Rights Concerns in…
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Sri Lanka: House Foreign Affairs Committee – Congressional Statement for the Record
On June 20th, 2018, Amnesty International USA submitted a Congressional statement for the record during the House Foreign Affairs Committee Subcommittee Hearing on "Human Rights Concerns in Sri Lanka." Chairman…
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IT’S WORLD REFUGEE DAY. NOW WHAT?
Ryan Mace, Grassroots Advocacy & Refugee Specialist Today is World Refugee Day. Today is a day that we should pause to honor the millions of refugees who show us the…
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Nigeria: Threats from the military won’t deter us from defending human rights
The Nigerian military is increasingly resorting to threats, intimidation and smears to discredit Amnesty International’s work documenting the human rights violations it has committed, Amnesty International said today. On May…
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Syria: Raqqa in ruins and civilians devastated after US-led ‘war of annihilation’
From amid the rubble of Raqqa, civilians are asking why US-led Coalition forces destroyed the city, killing hundreds of civilians in the process of “liberating” them from the armed group…
