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Australia: EU countries must not repeat human rights failures of cruel Australian refugee policy

Australia’s notorious policy of detaining refugees and people seeking asylum in horrific offshore detention centres is in danger of being replicated by other countries, including some EU member states which…

July 19, 2018
Protesters holding banners march in Sydney to urge the Australian government to end the refugee crisis on Manus Island on November 4, 2017. The United Nations called on Australia to stop a "humanitarian emergency" unfolding at a detention centre on Manus Island in Papua New Guinea, urging an end to a tense days-long stand-off between refugees and authorities. / AFP PHOTO / PETER PARKS (Photo credit should read PETER PARKS/AFP/Getty Images)

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Turkey: Lifting of state of emergency must pave road back to justice

Responding to the fact that Turkey’s the state of emergency will not be renewed when it expires at the end of the day, Fotis Filippou, Amnesty International’s Deputy Europe Director said:…

July 18, 2018
AI France staff membres protesting the arrest and detention of AI Turkey director Idil Eser, AI Turkey chairman Taner Kiliç and 9 orhers Human rights defenders at the Turkish embassy in Paris on 10 July 2017.

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Human Rights on Capitol Hill: July 17, 2018

Human Rights on Capitol Hill published by Amnesty International USA  July 17, 2018  In this edition of Human Rights on Capitol Hill: Family Separation: Amnesty International strongly opposes both Family…

July 17, 2018

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Syria: Putin takes hypocrisy to a new level with remarks on Raqqa civilian deaths

In an interview with Fox News following the Helsinki Summit on 16 July, Russian President Vladimir Putin emphasized the high civilian death toll from the US-led Coalition’s aerial bombardment of Raqqa, Syria.…

July 17, 2018
Russia's President Vladimir Putin listens while US President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference at Finland's Presidential Palace July 16, 2018 in Helsinki, Finland. - The US and Russian leaders opened an historic summit in Helsinki, with Donald Trump promising an "extraordinary relationship" and Vladimir Putin saying it was high time to thrash out disputes around the world. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)