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Sudanese President Al-Bashir must be arrested in Uganda and surrendered to the ICC
Uganda must immediately arrest Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir and hand him over to the International Criminal Court (ICC), said Amnesty International today. Al-Bashir, who is on the court’s wanted list,…
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Armed opposition groups committing war crimes in Aleppo city
Armed groups surrounding the Sheikh Maqsoud district of Aleppo city have repeatedly carried out indiscriminate attacks that have struck civilian homes, streets, markets and mosques, killing and injuring civilians and…
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Trial of former first lady Simone Gbagbo opens in Côte d’Ivoire
While today’s trial of former first lady Simone Gbagbo is an important step towards ending impunity in Côte d’Ivoire, Amnesty International maintains that the Ivorian authorities should reconsider their refusal…
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Human rights defender is killed in Pakistan
Pakistani authorities are failing to protect human rights defenders, Amnesty International said today following the killing of a prominent activist.
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Security challenges in Iraq do not give carte blanche to commit human rights violations
The daily security threats that plague the lives of Iraqi civilians must not open the door to more human rights violations, Amnesty International warned today at the end of a…
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Pakistan: Investigation crucial after Karachi political activist tortured and killed in custody
Pakistani authorities must carry out an independent, thorough and transparent inquiry into the torture and death of political activist Aftab Ahmad while he was in the custody of the Rangers,…
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UN Security Council must step up pressure to end attacks on hospitals in Syria as hundreds killed in Aleppo
The UN Security Council should impose targeted sanctions on all those carrying out deliberate attacks on hospitals and other war crimes, said Amnesty International as it released harrowing testimony revealing…
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Musician Angélique Kidjo and African youth activists honored with Amnesty International award
World-renowned musician Angélique Kidjo and three inspirational African youth activist movements have been declared this year’s joint winners of the prestigious Ambassador of Conscience Award for 2016, the organization said…
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CIA Torture Just Got One Step Closer to Facing Accountability
In an unprecedented victory for torture accountability, the U.S. Justice Department decided not to block a private lawsuit from going forward, and to actually allow survivors and victims of CIA…
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Surge in killings by police sparks fear in favelas 100 days ahead of Rio Olympics
Residents in many of Rio de Janeiro’s favelas are living in terror after at least 11 people have been killed in police shootings since the beginning of April, Amnesty International…
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Indonesia: Police chief’s shocking torture admission only tip of iceberg
The confirmation of the use of torture by Indonesia’s security forces by Indonesia’s chief of police is an unprecedented turnaround after more than a decade of stubborn denial of this…
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Is the U.S. State Department Understating Human Rights Abuses?
[caption id="attachment_70621" align="alignleft" width="3504"] Egyptian human right activist with chained hands during a protest against torture in police stations. KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images[/caption] Following last week’s release of the 2016 Department…