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Honduras: Government deploys dangerous and illegal tactics to silence population
The Honduran government is deploying dangerous and illegal tactics to silence any dissenting voices in the aftermath of one of the country’s worst political crisis in a decade, including preventing…
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UN: China fails to scupper resolution on Myanmar’s persecution of Rohingya
Responding to the failed attempt by China, Philippines and Burundi to vote down a UN Human Rights Council resolution on the situation of the Rohingya and other minorities in Myanmar,…
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Press Release
Philippines: Police reinstatement in “drug war” threatens catastrophic return to mass killing
Responding to the news that President Duterte has ordered the police to resume their role in supporting his administration’s so-called “war on drugs,” James Gomez, Amnesty International’s Director of Southeast…
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Report
Deadly but Preventable Attacks: Killings and Enforced Disappearances of Those who Defend Human Rights
States around the world are failing in their duty to effectively protect people who defend human rights, leading to an escalation in preventable killings and enforced disappearances, Amnesty International said…
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Update
Human Rights on Capitol Hill: November 2017
In this edition of Human Rights on Capitol Hill: (1) Rohingya: Secretary Tillerson condemns Myanmar military’s atrocities against the Rohingya as ethnic cleansing, but Congress needs to pass legislation to ensure…
Report
No Safe Place: LGBTI Salvadorans, Guatemalans and Hondurans Seeking Asylum in Mexico
The lives and safety of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people (LGBTI) from violence-ridden El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras are at an increased risk as authorities in their countries…
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Press Release
Zimbabwe: Post-Mugabe government must open new chapter of respect for rights
Responding to the news that Robert Mugabe has resigned as President of Zimbabwe, Salil Shetty, Secretary General of Amnesty International said the following:
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Report
“We leave or we die”: Forced displacement under Syria’s ‘reconciliation’ agreements
Whole civilian populations who have suffered horrific sieges and been subjected to intensive bombardments have been given no choice but to leave or die under so-called “reconciliation” agreements between the…
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Press Release
Trump must challenge Duterte’s record at ASEAN summit in the Philippines
As Donald Trump prepares to meet leaders at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Manila on November 12 and 13, Amnesty International is urging him to condemn…
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Press Release
Senate Condemns Persecution of LGBT people in Chechnya
The U.S. Senate unanimously passed Senate Resolution 211 yesterday, condemning the violence against and persecution of LGBT people in Chechnya. The resolution, led by Senators Pat Toomey (R-PA) and Edward…
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Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Law Leading To Military Impunity Sanctioned (Brazil: UA 236.17)
The Brazilian President sanctioned the law that transfers to the Military Court the ability to try human rights violations and crimes against life, such as killings and extrajudicial executions, carried…
Report
Forced Back to Danger: Asylum-Seekers Returned from Europe to Afghanistan
European governments have put thousands of Afghans in harm’s way by forcibly returning them to a country where they are at serious risk of torture, kidnapping, death and other human…
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