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Old Habits: The Routine Use of Torture and Other Ill-Treatment in Kazakhstan
Torture remains commonplace in Kazakhstan and the torturers are allowed to go free.
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Kazakhstan Continues to Dismiss Allegations of Torture Despite Evidence
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev deceived the international community with his government’s promise to eradicate torture and fully investigate the lethal use of force by police.
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Egypt Must Conduct Impartial Investigation into Reported Deaths
Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, deputy director of Amnesty International’s Middle East and North Africa division, released the following statement, calling for an urgent independent investigation to deliver justice for these victims…
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Making Love a Crime: Criminalization of Same-Sex Conduct in Sub-Saharan Africa
This report provides an analysis of the legal environment and wider context of human rights violations against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) individuals in sub-Saharan Africa. Recent years…
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Swarms of Brazilians Protest Corrupt Policies
People are reacting to their deep frustration with inflation, unjust policy and corruption.
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Scapegoats of Fear: Rights of Refugees, Asylum-Seekers and Migrants Abused in Libya
Nearly a year after the first elections in post-Gaddafi Libya, the human rights of tens of thousands of foreign nationals, including asylum-seekers, refugees and migrants, continue to be routinely violated.
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Military Tribunals in Indonesia Continue to Shield Human Rights Violators
The military trial of 12 Kopassus (Special Forces Command) soldiers accused of the extrajudicial execution of four detainees in Indonesia’s Cebongan prison is likely to be little more than a…
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New Evidence of Scorched Earth Tactics Against Sudanese Civilians in Blue Nile
New satellite imagery and eyewitness testimonies from rebel-held areas in Sudan’s Blue Nile State show that Sudanese military forces have resorted to brutal scorched earth tactics to drive out the…
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Egypt: It’s Time to Address Violence Against Women in All its Forms
Violence against women in Egypt gained international attention following a series of sexual assaults on women in the vicinity of Tahrir Square earlier this year. Unfortunately, these instances of violence…
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Which Human Rights Defenders Are Most Often Attacked in the Americas?
Impunity is one of the ]three main factors that contribute to the alarmingly high level of attacks against land activists in the Americas. You can help change the last factor…
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Protests in Turkey: Three Steps You Can Take Now to Halt Police Repression!
Images of Turkish police employing shockingly excessive measures against peaceful demonstrators. Take action now to help protect their rights!
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Annual Report: Yemen 2013
Republic of Yemen Head of state Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi (replaced Ali Abdullah Saleh) Head of government Mohammed Salim Basindwa The human rights situation improved during the transition that followed…