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European Parliament Prize exposes EU inaction on Saudi Arabia’s human rights abuses
Today’s awarding of the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to Raif Badawi by the European Parliament (EP) shines a clear light on the extent to which the Saudi Arabian…
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Ethiopia: Anti-terror rhetoric will escalate brutal crackdown against Oromo protesters
Protesters have been labelled ‘terrorists’ by Ethiopian authorities in an attempt to violently suppress protests against potential land seizures, which have already resulted in 40 deaths, said Amnesty International.
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Tech companies must reject China’s repressive internet rules
Tech firms must reject the Chinese authorities’ efforts to influence global internet governance in ways that would curb freedom of expression and exacerbate human rights abuses, Amnesty International said ahead…
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Thousands Attend Amnesty International USA’s Art for Amnesty Inaugural Human Rights Event
Thousands of people gathered in New Orleans on Saturday to join Amnesty International USA’s Art for Amnesty inaugural event Art for Rights– a one-day, free, pop-up art event, to bring…
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Usher and Artists Join Inaugural Art for Rights Event to Fight Human Rights Abuses
Today thousands will gather in New Orleans to join Amnesty International USA’s Art for Amnesty for Art for Rights – a one-day, free, pop-up art event, to bring attention to…
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One Letter Can Change a Life. Millions Can Start a Human Rights Movement
By Maya Delany, Amnesty USA Student Activist Coordinator for Western Massachusetts Last December, I arrived at my student group’s annual Write for Rights AmnesTEA event and was greeted by dim…
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Five years of human rights failure shames FIFA and Qatar
Labor exploitation remains rampant in Qatar as the authorities fail to deliver significant reforms, Amnesty International said today before the fifth anniversary of Qatar winning the right to host the…
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How to Access a Safe Education as a Girl-Child of War
According to a recent joint report by UNICEF and UNESCO, one-half (nearly 30 million) of the world’s out-of-school children are those from war torn nations—and most are girls.
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Everyone Has the Right to Seek Asylum
and we all have an obligation to help. Under international law, states have an obligation to help people fleeing persecution by not sending them back in to danger.
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Bangladesh: Two opposition leaders face imminent execution after serious flaws in their trials and appeals
Two opposition politicians face imminent hanging for crimes committed during the 1971 Independence War after serious flaws occurred in their trial and appeal processes, Amnesty International said today.
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Southeast Asia: Persecuted Rohingya refugees from Myanmar suffer horrific abuses at sea
Rohingya women, men and children attempting to flee persecution in Myammar by boat earlier this year were killed or severely beaten by human traffickers if their families failed to pay…
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The Devastating Impact of Child Marriage on Girls Around the World
Child marriage — when an individual is married before the age of 18 — impacts 15 million girls each year, or 41,000 girls every day in lower-income countries. In other…