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Nicaragua: Governmentโ€™s shameful denial of human rights violations is part of its strategy of repression

In response to the government of President Daniel Ortegaโ€™s outright rejection of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rightsโ€™ report on grave human rights violations committed in the context of the…

June 22, 2018
An injured anti-government protester receives medical attention after being hit by a pellet during a march in support of "the Mothers of April" - whose children died in the protests - on Nicaragua's National Mothers Day at the Engineering University in Managua on May 30, 2018. (Photo by DIANA ULLOA / AFP) (Photo credit should read DIANA ULLOA/AFP/Getty Images)

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Haleyโ€™s hostility towards human rights organizations a sad moment for U.S.

Inย response to a letterย sent by the United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley to human rights groups, accusing them of blocking reform at the United Nations Human Rights…

June 21, 2018
US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley (R) delivers a speech during a session entitled ?Human Rights and Democracy in Venezuela? on the sideline of the United Nations Human Rights Council on June 6, 2017 in Geneva. The United Nations Human Rights Council opens a new session, with a speech from US envoy Nikki Haley following threats from Washington to quit the council over its treatment of Israel. / AFP PHOTO / Fabrice COFFRINI (Photo credit should read FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images)

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Yemen: Restrictions to life-saving supplies putting millions of civilians at risk

Millions of lives are at risk because the entry of essential goods such as food, fuel and medical supplies into war-torn Yemen is being restricted by the Saudi Arabia-led coalition…

June 21, 2018
A Yemeni woman sits next to blankets and upholstery distributed by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to those affected by the conflict in the country, in the coastal town of Hodeida, on April 11, 2018. (Photo by ABDO HYDER / AFP) (Photo credit should read ABDO HYDER/AFP/Getty Images)

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2018 Regional Conferences

Amnesty International USA is excited to announce the 2018 Regional Conferences dates and locations, click on your conference of choice for more details! Program Sessions: Submit a Request for Proposal!…

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Turkey: Court defies logic as Amnesty Turkey Chair kept in jail

In response to the continued detention of human rights defender, Taner Kฤฑlฤฑรง,ย after the latest hearing against him,ย Salil Shetty, Amnesty Internationalโ€™s Secretary Generalย said: โ€œTodayโ€™s heart-breaking decision to keep our colleague in…

June 21, 2018
Activists of Amnesty International stage a protest against the detention of the head of Amnesty International in Turkey, Taner Kilic, in front of the Turkish Embassy in Berlin on June 15, 2017. Taner Kilic was arrested in the Turkish province of Izmir along with 22 other lawyers on June 6, 2017 and has been charged with membership of a terrorist organisation and remanded in custody pending trial / AFP PHOTO / John MACDOUGALL (Photo credit should read JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP/Getty Images)

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Nicaragua: Violence and state repression intensify despite numerous efforts at dialogue

Nicaragua remains mired in an ongoing cycle of violence, despite numerous efforts by Nicaraguan civil society for national dialogue and calls from international organizations to stop the grave violations of…

June 21, 2018
Relatives and friends of Marvin Lopez, 49, who was shot in the throat during clashes with riot police and members of the Sandinista youth, attend his funeral in Masaya, about 35 km from Managua on June 20, 2018. - Residents in the Nicaraguan opposition bastion of Masaya were on Wednesday holding off an offensive by police and pro-government paramilitaries as fresh violence flared across the Central American country. Funerals were held for three people killed in clashes in the flashpoint city on Tuesday, bringing to 187 the number of dead since protests against President Daniel Ortega's government began on April 18. (Photo by Inti OCON / AFP) (Photo credit should read INTI OCON/AFP/Getty Images)