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Bosnia-Herzegovina: Karadžić life sentence sends powerful message to the world
Responding to the decision by the Appeals Chamber of the International Residual Mechanisms for Criminal Tribunals to increase Radovan Karadžić’s sentence to life imprisonment for genocide, crimes against humanity and…
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Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Chechen Human Rights Defender Jailed (Russian Federation: UA 5.18)
On 18 March the Shali City Court sentenced Oyub Titiev, head of the Memorial Human Rights Center’s office in Grozny, Chechnya, to four years in penal colony under fabricated drug-related…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Detained Uighur Has Nervous Breakdown (China: UA 46.18)
Hankezi Zikeli is detained in a “transformation-through-education” centre in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR) and is believed to have suffered a nervous breakdown. An aunt of Gulchehra Hoja, a…
Report
The Hidden US War in Somalia
The US government must carry out impartial, thorough investigations into credible evidence its rapidly escalating air strikes in Somalia have killed numerous civilians, Amnesty International said in a new report…
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Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Health Concerns for Prisoner of Conscience (Viet Nam: UA 30.19)
Prisoner of conscience Huỳnh Trương Ca continues to suffer from several illnesses behind bars including lung disease, stomach problem and diabetes. The authorities at his previous facility failed to provide…
Press Release
Greece: Message for European leaders beamed onto Acropolis on anniversary of EU-Turkey deal
European leaders were sent a clear message last night when a huge “Refugees Welcome” sign was projected on to the side of the Acropolis.
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Victory
Urgent Action Victory! Police Protects Women’s Day Rally (Ukraine: UA 31.19)
The International Women’s Day rally organised by human rights defender Vitalina Koval in Uzhgorod, western Ukraine, on 8 March was a success. Participants were well protected by the police and…
Press Release
Trump Administration Attempts to Thwart International Criminal Court Investigators
Responding to reports that the U.S. will restrict visas for International Criminal Court personnel looking into the U.S. military personnel actions in Afghanistan, Daniel Balson, Advocacy Director at Amnesty International…
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Urgent Action
Urgent Action Victory! Police Protects Women’s Day Rally (Ukraine: UA: 31.19)
The International Women’s Day rally organised by human rights defender Vitalina Koval in Uzhgorod, western Ukraine, on 8 March was a success. Participants were well protected by the police and…
Press Release
Amnesty International stands in solidarity with school strike for climate
Amnesty International today warned that the failure of governments to tackle climate change could amount to the greatest inter-generational human rights violation in history, as it welcomes a global day…
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Press Release
Saudi Arabia: Women activists persecuted under bogus charges. Speaking to Amnesty is not a crime
The prosecution of 11 women activists before a Criminal Court in Riyadh for their human rights work and contact with international organizations is an appalling escalation of the Saudi authorities’…
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Update
Human Rights on Capitol Hill March Edition
To view PDF click here: Human Rights on Capitol Hill March Human Rights on Capitol Hill published by Amnesty International USA March 14, 2019 In this edition of Human Rights on…