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Stop U.S. Shipment of Fuel to Israel’s Armed Forces as Evidence of Gaza War Crimes Mount
Amnesty International is appealing to the U.S. government to immediately halt the transfer of a U.S. fuel shipment currently on its way to Israel for use by the Israeli military.
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Israel/Occupied Palestinian Territories: International Criminal Court key to breaking cycle of injustice for war crimes
The UN Security Council, the Palestinian Authority and Israel must do everything within their power to enable the International Criminal Court (ICC) to bring to justice those responsible for committing…
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Landmark Rulings Expose Poland’s Role in CIA Secret Detention and Torture
Poland is the first European Union member state to be found complicit in the USA's rendition, secret detention and torture of alleged terrorism suspects.
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Further War Crimes Must Be Prevented After Israeli Ground Assault
Israel’s ground assault on the Gaza Strip, which began last night after 10 days of attacks by Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups, accentuates the need for urgent international action.
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TAKE ACTION: No One Should Have to Marry Their Rapist
In Algeria and Tunisia, rapists can avoid prosecution for raping minors if they marry their victims.
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Reflections and recommendations on truth, remedy and accountability as declassification of Senate Committee summary report on CIA secret detentions awaited.
Amnesty International calls for the full report to be declassified as a matter of priority –with redactions only where strictly necessary– and any information that pertains to human rights violations,…
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The Armed Forces Special Powers Act: A Renewed Debate in India on Human Rights and National Security
For decades, The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) has enabled serious human rights violations to be committed by soldiers in Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) and parts of northeast India,…
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Boko Haram: Now What?
To date, the Nigerian government appears to be doing nearly nothing beyond firing generals who they have concluded colluded with Boko Haram.
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How Many Different Ways Can the World Fail the Syrian People?
In vetoing the resolution, Russia and China sent the message that Syria, once again, remains open for human rights abuses with impunity.
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Uganda: Anti-Homosexuality Act’s Heavy Toll – Discriminatory Law Prompts Arrests, Attacks, Evictions, Flight
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) people in Uganda have reported a surge in human rights violations since the passage of the Anti-Homosexuality Act on December 20, 2013, Human…
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Torture In 2014: 30 Years of Broken Promises
Torture is abhorrent. It is barbaric and inhumane. It can never be justified. It is wrong, self-defeating and poisons the rule of law, replacing it with terror. No one is…
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What’s Behind Turkey’s Crackdown on the May 1 Protests?
Given all this, today's crackdown on freedom of expression and assembly was utterly predictable, as was the violence that resulted.