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President Obama Must Emphasize Human Rights in Meeting with Indonesian President Joko Widodo
Today, President Obama will host Indonesian President Joko Widodo for a meeting at the White House. In response, T. Kumar, International Advocacy Director for Amnesty International USA, issued the following…
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Mexico: Spike in torture reports reveals deepening human rights crisis
Mexico’s torture epidemic has reached new catastrophic levels with reports of asphyxiation, rape and other sexual abuse, electric shocks and beatings at the federal level more than doubling in the…
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Saudi Arabia: Prisoner of conscience latest to be convicted in ‘counter-terror purge’ of human rights NGO
The Saudi Arabian authorities today continued their cynical use of a repressive and overly vague counter-terrorism law to purge the Kingdom’s small and embattled civil society by convicting the human…
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Saudi Arabia: Fears grow that three young activists could soon be executed
There are rising fears about the impending executions of Ali Mohammed Baqir al-Nimr and two other young Shi’a activists in Saudi Arabia who were arrested as juveniles after participating in…
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Indonesia: Report reveals endemic judicial flaws in death penalty cases
Death row prisoners in Indonesia are routinely denied access to lawyers and are coerced into “confessions” through severe beatings, while foreign nationals facing the death penalty had to deal with…
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Burkina Faso: No amnesty for soldiers who killed unarmed civilians
Burkina Faso’s former presidential guard displayed a cold-blooded disregard for human life, killing 14 unarmed protestors and bystanders and wounding hundreds more with automatic weapons following last month’s coup d’état,…
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Yemen: Call for suspension of arms transfers to coalition and accountability for war crimes
Damning evidence of war crimes by the Saudi Arabia-led coalition, which is armed by states including the USA, highlights the urgent need for independent, effective investigation of violations and for…
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UN resolution on Yemen fails to launch international investigation into war crimes
The UN Human Rights Council’s failure to open an international investigation into violations of international humanitarian law and violations and abuses of human rights law, committed as part of the…
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New wave of killings shatters peace in Central African Republic
The new wave of violence which has left dozens of civilians dead and at least 100 injured highlights the fragility of the reconciliation process and the urgent need for enhanced…
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UN inquiry needed as civilian lives in Yemen devastated six months after Saudi Arabia-led coalition began airstrikes
The international community must use the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council to establish an investigation into violations of international humanitarian law and gross human rights abuses committed by all…
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Amnesty International USA Files Complaint Requesting Investigation of DOJ Response to CIA Torture Program
Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) has filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General requesting an immediate review of the conduct of Justice Department officials…
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CIA Torture, Read All About It
Less than a year after a Senate panel reported in detail shocking acts of CIA torture, former CIA officials have responded. Torture is indisputably, unequivocally illegal. Any protests that torture…